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GOING TO PARIS. 

Distances and time required by shortest routes. 

228 K. 3 H.35 reads: 228 kilometers, 3 hours 35 min, 

8 kilometers = 5 miles. See page 135. 



PARIS AND ITS SPLENDOR 

lbe's guide 

TO 

GAY "PAREE" 



AND 



EVERY-DAY FRENCH CONVERSATION 



ESPECIALLY COSIPILED FOR AMERICAN TOURISTS 



MAX MAURY, A. B.. LL. M. 

of the University of Paris 



Official Plan of the Exposition Grounds in Colors, 23 

Maps of the City. 12 Half-tone Illustrations, 

and Map Showing Distances to Paris 



Saves Time, Trouble and Money 



INDV^TRIA 




CHICAGO 

LAIRD & LEE, Publishers 



31248 



Entered according to Act of Congress in the year eighteen 
hundred and ninety-nine, by 

WILIylAM H. I,EE, 

In the office of the L,ibrarian of Congress at Washington. 

(all rights reserved.) 



TWO COPIES RECEIVED, 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Not a preface 9 

I. — Pronunciation and Every-Day Phrases. 

Pronunciation 13 

Cardinal Numbers 17 

Ordinal Numbers, etc 19 

Days, Months 22 

Seasons, Holidays 23 

The Verb "avoir" 24 

The Verb "etre" 25 

Common Adjectives 26 

Parts of Body . 27 

The Weather 29 

Sensation and Feeling 31 

Dress (male) 32 

Dress (female) 35 

Traveling Requisites 36 

The Time 37 

Phrases of Time 38 

ir. — Conversations for Tourists. 

On Board Ship 41 

At the Custom House .... . . 46 

Asking One's Way . 48 

Railroads and Trains 52 

Cabs and Cabbies 57 

'Buses and Street Cars 60 

Post and Telegraph Offices 62 

About Hotels 69 

Baths 74 

Barbers 76 

Restaurants 79 

Cafes 91 

Tobacco Stores 95 

With the Doctor 99 

Money Matters 102 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Shopping io6 

Social Customs 107 

Phrases of Rebuke 112 

A Bit of vSlang 113 

III. — Going to Paris. 

Itineraries from New York 132 

R. R. Fares to Paris 135 

IV. — Paris and Suburbs. 

Places of Interest 136 

Places of Amusement 142 

Churches, American, etc. 147 

Maps of Paris Districts 150 

V. — Cipher Code 170 

VI. — Concerning Passports 175 

VII. — Notes on the Exposition 176 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Distances by rail to Paris . . . Frontispiece 

OPP. PAGE 

Dome des Invalides 12 

Place de la Republique 13 

Place de Clichy 40 

Bastille 41 

Pavilion de Flore. Ministere des Colonies . go 

Moulin Rouge gi 

Bird's Eye View of Exposition Grounds . .132 

Arc de Triomphe du Caroussel 133 

Pantheon 136 

Tour St. Jacques 137 

Palais de Justice et Ste. Chapelle 140 

Amiral de Coligny 141 

Twenty Maps of the Districts of Paris . i5o-i6g 
Ferd. W. Peck, General Commissioner . . .177 
Official Plan of the Exposition Grounds The End 



NOT A PREFACE 

Do you believe m prefaces? 

I don't. 

So I dip my gold pen seven times into a patent 
inkpot, because I have decided to write this. But 
"this" is not a preface; it is — well, if you want to 
know, read it. 

This booklet is not likely to bring money to its 
author or to benefit him in the way of button-hole 
decorations or high-pedestaled statues in the Paris 
squares (if there were room for any more), but it 
possesses one eminent advantage over bulky, 
expensive, useless, and so-called elevating books 
— it is cheap, practical, and of small size — corporis 
exigiii. It is not elevating? Well, to use Jerome 
K. Jerome's words about The Idle Thoughts of 
an Idle Fellow, "it will not elevate a cow," but it 
will tell you all about 'buses, cabs, caf^s, hotels, 
and tips to greedy waiters. 

It does not contain long-winded, exhaustive and 
exhausting conversations with the baker, with 
the laundress, with the shoemaker, nor even 
with the little French milliner who gladdened 
the heart of good Sir Peter Teazle, but it will teach 
you all that is requisite and necessary for keeping 
together the body as well as the soul, and a little 
more besides, without extra charge. 

If Nature, School, or University has not endowed 
you with the power of conversing in the tongue of 
Diplomatists, you will find in this volume an 
abundant supply of ready-made phrases which 

9 



10 NOT A PREFACE 

will enable you to procure everything you stand 
in need of, and make yourself agreeable to people 
generally. 

French will also appear to you in quite a differ- 
ent light. You learned at school "about the impor- 
tance attached by the French nation to pens, ink, 
and paper. 'Have you any pens, ink, and paper?' 
is the first question asked by one Frenchman of 
another on their meeting. The other fellow has 
not any of them, as a rule, but says the uncle of 
his brother has got them all three. The first fel- 
low doesn't appear to care a snap about the uncle 
of the other fellow's brother; what he wants to 
know now is, has the neighbor of the other fel- 
low's mother got 'em? 'The neighbor of my 
mother has no pens, no ink, and no paper, ' replies 
the other man, beginning to get wild. 'Has the 
child of thy female gardener some pens, some ink, 
or some paper?' He has him there. After worry- 
ing enough about those wretched inks, pens, and 
paper to make everybody miserable, it turns out 
that the child of his own female gardener hasn't 
any. Such a discovery would shut up any one but 
a French exercise man. It has no effect at all, 
though, on this shameless creature. He never 
thinks of apologizing, but says his aunt has some 
mustard. ' ' * 

That's the literary and practical French you 
have been taught at school, but you will find it 
neither in nor around dear, glittering "Paree." 

When I first visited England, straight from my 
humble French home, the Guide Pratique de 
Con7>ersation en Anglais, of which I was the 
happy possessor on landing, contained amongst 

*" The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow," by Jerome K. 
Jerome. 



NOT A PREFACE II 

the sentences to be employed with the Omni- 
bus-Conductor, one very much to the following 
e£fect: "May I be permitted to ask you if you will 
be good enough to grant me the favor to kindly 
stop the omnibus in order that I may alight?" I 
tried it once, to the amusement of those inside, 
not of viy inside. I have found out since that 
"Stop the 'bus, please," was less literary, but more 
practical. In the conversational part of this book, 
you won't find any of these long-winded sentences. 
The sort of French to be found here is the French 
as she is spoke to-day, and with no frills on her, 
either. 

I have aimed at being practical, and venture to 
hope that, for this reason, the Slang Vocabulary 
to be found at the end will not be thought out of 
place. It certainly contains only the phrases or 
words that one runs across in conversation or in 
newspaper reading every day. 

The following will remind you of the English of 
two years ago, as MTitten at that period in one of 
the local English-spoken-here-rest3'wrong-bill-of- 
fares at Versailles. It was on a handbill indus- 
triously circulated outside the railway station 
amongst the English tourists on a day w^hen the 
grandes eaux were playing. It ran as follows : 

For I fr. 50, one has — 

One half-wine bottle, 
One soup-plate, 
One legume, 
Two meat-dishes, 
Bread to will. 

I do wish I could have written English like that, 
it might have proved entertaining. 

But as an indisputable proof that I have tried 
to be entertaining, I will, with blushing pride, 



12 NOT A PREFACE 

point to the fact that the term fin-de-sihcle does 
not occur in this book. 
Well, good luck to you, little book, 

/ nostra comes, i libelle, Flacco 
Longuni per jnare. 

Go, and don't weigh too much in the pockets of 
my good friends, the Yankees scndijohn Bulls; be 
a good companion to them, don't worry them too 
much across the long pond — too long sometimes, 
— but if they should feel "properly indisposed," 
try to cheer them up a bit ! A happy circulation 
to you both! And now, ladies and gentlemen, I 
beg you to accept the assurance of the most pro- 
found respect and the expression of the most dis- 
tinguished sentiments and consideration of 
Vour obedient servant, 

THE AUTHOR. 




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LEE'S GUIDE 

TO "GAY PAREE" 

AND 

EVERY-DAY FRENCH CONVERSATION 

I. PRONUNCIATION AND SIMPLE 
PHRASES 

YOU can't very well expect to find here a com- 
plete and learned — and useless — treatise on 
French pronunciation, but you have a right 
to look for a few practical hints. 

There are French sounds for which there is no 
equivalent in English. You know that well 
enough. It is therefore absurd to try to represent 
them by means of English sounds. All the 
Anglo-French pronouncing guides I know have 
attempted it, and have only succeeded in making 
people believe that "restywrong" is the correct 
pronunciation for restaurant, which, of course, is 
utterly absurd. 

These totally different sounds are only six in 
number, and can be mastered in a few minutes. 
They consist of four nasal sounds — on, an, in, un, 
of the u (German ii) and eu sounds. Get hold of 
any Frenchman (an anarchist will do, for want of 
any one better), and ask him to pronounce the 
following, for which there is 

No Equivalent in English. 

a. Xasat Sot(?ids. 
On — as in fnon (my), son (his), nioiiton (sheep, 
mutton). 

13 



14 PRONUNCIATION 

An — as in manteau (cloak), aimant (loving), 
tant (so much). 

In — as in vin (wine), inatin (morning), coquin 
(rascal). 

Un — as in un (one), brun (brown). 

b. "U" Sound. 

U — as in 7mise (muse), Jl4te (flute), tohubohu 
(hubbub). 

c. "Eu" Sound. 

E = long eu sound in heiireu.x (happy), deux 
(two). Also in Monsieur, which is pronounced 
as if spelt meusz'eu. 

E = Short eu sound in hence (hour), docteur 
(doctor). 

For the nasal sounds the following is good 
practice: Get ready to pronounce the English 
words long, hang, etc., like "Chappie, don't ye 
know," but stop in the middle of the n, or sooner, 
the mouth wide open. Trying to hold a glass in 
one eye before the mirror will greatly lighten the 
task. When you tire of this, vary the exercise. 
Pose your lips for oo in boot, and in this position 
pronounce ee as in beet. Watch your lips in the 
mirror. If they remain in position during the 
operation, you will hear the French u. Ditto, 
pose your lips for o in lone, and in this position 
pronounce a as in pane (resp. e in pen). The 
result will be the French long eu (resp. short eu). 

The last two sounds are represented in this book 
by e and e. All the other sound signs or dia- 
critical marks are explained below : 

VOWEL SOUNDS. 

Long a (a) = English a in balm. 
Short a (a) = English a iny^r. 
Long e (e) =^ English ey in obey. 
Short e (e) = English a mfat. 

For e and e, see above. 
Long i (i) = English i in machine. 
Short i (i) =-- English i in pit. 
Long o (o) = English o in 07'e. 
Short o (6) =^ English o in or. 

For u see above. 



PRONUNCIATION 1 5 

French oi (6a) = French o and a, pronounced in 
rapid succession. 

French ou (oo) = English oo in boot. 

CAUTION. 

a in French never is the English a xwfate. 
i " " " i in mifte. 

e " " " e in //^. 

u " " " u in mule. 

CONSONANTS. 

ch =: English sh, as in English chagrin, but never 
as in child. 
j is only the second half of the English j, the 

first, the d part, being omitted. 
c = English c. When it is to be pronounced 
like c in ice before a or o or 2t, it is written and 
printed 9. 
th =t. 

r is rolled back in the mouth, except after ou. 

re at the end of a word is not er. Thedtre is 

tkatr\ not tidier. Get ready for the e as in 

Tre?tt, but do not pronounce it. The same 

holds good of the endings cle, blc, and others. 

g = English g in go before a, o, u ; like French 

j before e, i. 
s =. English s in sole; between two vowels like 

English z. 
h is silent. 

SIGNS. 

The sign - over a vowel shows it is long. 

The sign kj over a vowel shows it is short. 

Italics show that a word or a syllable has a nasal 
sound. 

The hyphen joins words or syllables that should 
go together. 

CAUTION. 

The tonic accent in French is very .slight. Raise 
the voice a little — but only just a little — on the last 
syllable of words connected by sense and uttered 
in one breath. In pousses fort = poo-.se-for 
(push hard), the tonic accent is on "for," those on 
"poo" and "se" being secondary. In poiissez la 
porte = poo-se-la-port, the tonic accent is on 



l6 PRONUNCIATION 

"port," as the final "e" is mute. For other 
syllables observe, as far as you can, the quantity 
indicated by the signs - or xj, remembering that S 
is sharp and short, and ^ is broad and long. 

A LAST PIECE OF ADVICE. 

If, in spite of all these precious hints, you can 
not make yourselves understood — and I shouldn't 
scold you if you couldn't — show to the person 
addressed the sentence you cannot speak. I did 
that once in a German postoffice at Darmstadt, 
and the native official thereof smiled a broad 
smile. 

And, if that won't do, well, stick to dumb show, 
like Thomas Hood: 

" Moo! I cried for milk. 
I got ray sweet things snugger, 
When I kissed Jeannette ; 
'Twas understood for sugar. 
If I wanted bread, 
My jaw«; I set a-going, 
And asked for new-laid eggs 
By clapping hands and crowing!" 



WORDS AND PHRASES 



Cardinal Numbers. 



NOMBRES CaRDINAUX. 

No7ihr' car-di-no. 

un. 
uti. 
deux, 
de. 

trois. 

troa (6a-diphthong). 

quatre. 
catr'. 

cinq. 

si7i\i {sin bef . consonants.; 

six. 

sis (si bef. consonants). 

sept. 

set (se bef. consonants). 

hiiit. 

iiit (iii bef consonants) 

neuf. 

nef (ne bef. consonants). 

dix. 

dis (di bef. consonants). 

onze. 
otiz. 

douze. 
dooz. 

treize. 
trez. 

quatorze. 
ca-torz. 

quinze. 
kinz. 

seize, 
sez. 

dix-sept. 
diz-set. 
17 



i8 


NUMBERS 


Eighteen. 


dix-huit. 
diz-iiit. 


Nineteen. 


dix-neu. 
diz-nef. 


Twenty. 


vingt. 

Vi7l. 


Twenty-one. 


vingt et un. 
vin-te-un. 


Twenty-two. 


vingt-deux. 
vini-de. 


Twenty-three. 


vingt-trois, etc. 
vint-tvosi, etc. 


Thirty. 


trente. 
trant. 


Thirty-one. 


trente et un. 
tran-te-tin. 


Thirty-two. 


trente-deux 
tra7it-die. 


Forty. 


quarante. 


Fifty. 


cinquante. 
sin-cant. 


Sixty. 


soixante. 
soa.-sant. 


Seventy. 


soixante-dix. 
sba.-sa?it-d\ss,. 


Seventy-one. 


soixante et onze. 




s,osi-sa7i-te-o?iz. 


Eighty. 


quatre-vingts. 
ca-tre-7//«, 


Eighty-one. 


quatre-vingt-un. 
csi-tve-vm-iin. 


Ninety. 


quatre-vingt-dix. 

ca-tre-w>z-diss. 


Ninety-one. 


quatre-vingt-onze. 
QSL-tre-vht-onz. 


One hundred. 


cent. 




sa7t. 


One hundred and 


one. cent un. 




san-UHr 



NUMBERS 



19 



Two hundred. 
Three hundred. 
One thousand. 
One thousand and one. 
Ten thousand. 



deux cents. 
de-sa;i. 

trois cents. 
troa-san. 

mille 
mil. 

mille un. 
mW-un. 

dix mille. 
di-mil. 



Ordinal Numbers. 

First. 

Second. 

Second of two. 

Third. 

Fourth, 

Fifth. 

Sixth. 

Seventh. 

Eighth. 

Ninth. 

Tenth. 

Eleventh. 

Twelfth. 



NOMBRES OrDINAUX. 

Nonhv' 6r-di-n6. 

premier, 
pre-mie. 

deuxieme. 
de-ziem. 

second. 

troisieme. 
troa-ziem. 

quatrieme. 
ca-triem. 

cinquieme. 
sm-kiem. 

sixieme. 
si-ziem. 

septieme. 
se-tiem. 

huitieme. 
iii-tiem. 

neuvieme 
ne-viem. 

dixieme. 
di-ziem. 

onzieme. 
o;i-ziem. 

douxieme. 
doo-ziem. 



20 



NUMBERS 



Thirteenth. 
Fourteenth. 
Fifteenth. 
Sixteenth. 
Seventeenth. 
Eighteenth. 
Nineteenth. 
Twentieth. 
Twenty-first. 
Twenty-vSecond. 
Twenty-third, etc. 
Thirtieth. 
Thirty-first. 
Thirty-second. 
Fortieth. 
Fiftieth. 
- Sixtieth. 
Seventieth. 
Seventy-first. 
Eightieth. 



treizieme. 
tre-ziera. 

quatorzieme. 
ca-tor-ziem. 

quinzieme. 
^/;z-ziem. 

seizieme. 
se-ziem. 

dix-septieme. 
dis-se-tiem. 

dix-huitieme. 
diz-iii-tiem. 

dix-neuvieme. 
diz-ne-viem. 

vingtieme. 
vin-tiem. 

vingt et unieroe. 
vm-te-u-niem.. 

vingt-deuxieme. 
z/z>zt-de-ziem. 

vingt-troisieme, etc. 
7/z>zt-tr6a-ziem. 

trentieme. 
^r^;z-tiem. 
trente et unieme. 
tran-te-u-niem. 

trente-deuxieme. 
^ra7tt-de-ziem. 

quarantieme. 
ca-ran-tiem. 

cinquantieme. 
sm-can-tiem. 
soixantieme. 
s6a-i"^;z-tiem. 

soixante-dixieme. 
sosi-sant-di-ziem. 

soixante et onzieme. 
soa- san-te-on -ziem. 

quatre-vingtieme. 
ca.-tTe-vm-tiein. 



NUMBERS 



21 



Eighty-first. 

Ninetieth. 

Ninety-first. 

One hundredth. 

One hundred and first. 

Two hundredth. 

Three hundredth. 

One thousandth. 

One thousand and first. 

Ten thousandth. 

Once. 

Twice. 

Three times. 

Simple. 

Double. 

Threefold. 

Whole. 

Half. 

One-third. 

One-fourth. 



quatre-vingt-unieme. 
ca-tre-7//;/-u-niem. 

quatre-vingt-dixieme. 
ca-tre-7//«-di-ziem. 

quatre-vingt-onzieme. 
ca-tre-z'/«-^;^-ziem. 
centieme. 
san-iiem. 

cent unieme. 
safi-n-niem. 

deux centieme. 
de-san-tiem. 

trois centieme. 
tr6a-j'rt';/-tiem. 

millieme. 
mil-iem. 

mil unieme. 
mil-ii-niem. 

dix millieme. 
di-mil-iem. 
une fois. 
iin-foa, 
deux fois. 
de-foa. 
trois fois. 
troa-foa. 

simple. 
sz'n-pV. 

double, 
doo-br. 

triple, 
tri-pl'. 

entier, entiere. 
an-tie, an-tier. 
demi, demie. 
de-mi, de-mi 

un tiers. 
//;/ tier. 

un quart. 
un car 



22 



DAYS- MONTHS 



The Days of the 


Les Jours de la 


Week. 


Semaine. 






Le-joor-de-la-smen, 


Sunday. 




Dimanche. 
di-maush. 




Monday. 




Lundi. 
hin-di. 




Tuesday. 




Mardi. 
mar-di. 




Wednesday. 




Mercredi. 
mer-cre-di. 




Thursday. 




Jeudi. 
je-di. 




Friday. 




Vendredi. 
van-dre-di. 




Saturday. 




Samedi. 
sam-di. 




Months. 


Les 


Mois. 






Le- 


moa. 


January. 




Janvier. 
J an -vie. 




February. 




Fevrier. 
fe-vrie. 




March. 




Mars, 
mars. 




April. 


May. 


Avril. 
a-vril. 


Mai. 

me. 


June. 


July. 


Juin. 


Juillet. 






ju-m. 


jiii-ie. 


August. 




Aout. 
oo. 




September. 




Septembre. 

sep-/anbr'. 




October. 




Octobre. 
oc-tobr'. 




November. 




Novembre. 
no-vanhv'. 




December. 




Decembre. 
dQ-sanhr'. 





THE YEAR 



23 



Seasons. 
In the spring. 

In the summer. 
In the autumn. 

In the winter. 



Bank Holidays 
IN France. 



New Year's Day. 

Easter INIonday. 

Ascension Day. 

Whitmonday. 

The National Holiday 

The 14th of July. 

Assumption Day. 
All Saints' Day. 
Christmas Day. 

Other Holidays. 

Shrove Tuesday. 
Mid-Lent. 



Les Saisons. 
he-se-zon. 

Au printemps. 
o-prin-tan. 

En ete. 
^?/-ne-te. 

En automne. 
«;/-no-ton. 

En hiver. 

^«-ni-ver. 

Jours Feries en 

France. 

Joor-fe-rie an-fra7is. 

Le jour de I'an. 

le-joor-de-/rt«. 

Le lundi de Paques. 

le-//^;/-did-pac. 

L'Ascension. 

Xk-saji-s-lon. 

Le lundi de la Pentecote. 

le-/w«-did-la-/^^;/t-c©t. 

La fete nationale. 

la-fet na-sio-nal. 

Le quatorze Juillet. 
le-catorz-jiii-ie. 

L'Assomption. 

La Toussaint. 
la-too-^/;?. 

Noel. 
n5el. 

Autres jours Feries. 
otr' joor-fe-rie. 

Le Mardi gras. 
le-mar-di-gra. 

La mi-careme. 
la-mi-ca-rem. 



24 TO 


HAVE 


Three Tenses 


Troi's Temps d'Avoir 


OF "Have." 


Tr6a-/(^;«-da-v6ar. 


(Present.) 


(Present.) 
Fxe-zan. 


I have. 


J'ai. 




je. 


He has. 


11 a. 




il-a. 


We have. 


Nous avons. 




■n.oo-z8i-von. 


You have. 


Vous avez. 




voo-za-ve. 


They (m. ) have. 


lis ont. 


"* 


i\-zon. 


(Future.) 


(Futur. ) 
Fii-tiir. 


I shall not have. ' 


Je n'aurai pas. 




je-no-re-pa. 


She will not have. 


EUe n'aura pas. 




el-no-ra-pa. 


We shall not have. 


Nous n'aurons pas. 




noo-no-r^?z-pa. 


You will not have. 


Vous n'aurez pas. 




voo-no-re-pa. 


They (f. ) will not have. 


Elles n'auront pas. 




e\-n6-ron--psL. 


(Perfect.) 


(Parfait. ) 
Par-fe. 


Have I had? 


Ai-je-eu? 




ej-ii ? 


Has he had? 


A-t-il eu? 




a-til-ii? 


Have we had? 


Avons-nous eu? 




a-'Z/<?;/-noo-zii ? 


Have you had? 


Avez-vous eu? 




a-ve-voo-zii. 


Have they (m. ) had? 


Ont-ils eu? 




on-t\\-Vi. 



TO BE 



25 



Three Tenses of "Be." 

(Present.) 
I am. 
He is. 
We are. 
You are. 
They (m.) are. 

(Future.) 

I shall not be. 
She will not be. 
We shall not be. 
You will not be. 
They (f.) will not be. 

(Perfect. ) 

Have I been? 
Has he been? 
Have we been? 
Have you been? 
Have they (m.) been? 



Trois Temps d'Etre. 
Troa-Az;/-detr'. 

(Present.) 
Pre zan. 

Je suis. 

je-siii. 

II est. 

il-e. 

Nous sommes. 

noo-som. 

Vous etes. 
voo-zet. 

lis sont. 
il-.y^;^. 

(Futur.) 
Fii-tiir. 

Je ne serai pas. 
jen-sre-pa. 

Elle ne sera pas. 
eln-sra-pa. 

Nous ne serons pas. 
noon-j'r6';/-pa. 

Vous ne serez pas. 

voon-sre-pa. 

Elles ne seront pas. 

eXn-sron-'pa.. 

(Parfait.) 
Par-fe. 

Ai-je ete? 
ej-ete? 

A-t-il ete? 
a-til-ete ? 
Avons-nous ete? 
Qi-voti-noo-zete ? 

Avez-vous ete? 
a-ve-voo-zete ? 

Ont-ils ete? 
c«-til-ete ? 



20 ADJECTIVES 


Common Adjectives. 


Adjectifs Usuels, 




Ad-jec-tif-iiziiel. 


(a) Color. 


(a) Couleur. 




Coo-ler. 




(m.) (f.) 


Black. 


Noir, noire. 




noar, noar. 


Blue. 


Bleu, bleue. 




ble, ble. 


Green. 


Vert, verte. 




ver, vert. 


Red. 


Rouge, rouge. 




rooj, rooj. 


White. 


Blanc, blanche. 


'■ 


dlan, d/ansh. 


(d) Dimension. 


{b) Dimension. 




D\-?nan-st07i. 


Broad, wide. 


Large, large. 




larj, larj. 


Great, large. 


Grand, grande. 




g-rmt, gi'and^. 


Long. 


Long, longue. 




Ion, long. 


Narrow. 


Etroit, etroite. 




6-tr6a, e-troat. 


Round. 


Rond, ronde. 




ron, rojidi. 


Short. 


Court, courte. 




coor, coort. 


Small. 


Petit, petite. 




pe-ti, pe-tit. 


Square. 


Carre, carree. 




ca-re, ca-re. 


Thick. 


Epais, epaisse. 




e-pe, e-pes. 


Thin. 


Mince, mince. 




mins, mins. 



PARTS OF BODY 



27 



Common Adjectives 
{continued). 

((f) Miscellaneous. 
Clean. 
Dirty. 
Dusty. 
Left. 
Muddy. 
Right. 
Torn. 

Unsewn, ripped. 
With holes in it. 

The Human Body 
The ankle. 
The right arm. 
The calf. 
The chest. 
The chin. 
The elbow. 
The eyes. 
The eyelids. 



Adjectifs Usuels 
{suite) (i-iiit). 

(<r) Divers. 
Di-ver. 

Propre, propre. 
propr', propr'. 

Sale, sale, 
sal, sal. 

Poudreux, poudreuse. 
poo-dre, poo-drez. 

Gauche, gauche, 
gosh, gosh. 

Crotte, crottee. 
cro-te, cro-te. 

Droit, droite. 
droa, droat. 

Dechire, dechiree. 
de-shi-re, de-shi-re. 
Decousu, decousue. 
de-coo-zii, de-coo-zii. 

Troue, trouee. 
troo-e, troo-e. 

Le Corps Humain 
Le-c6-rii-w/;z. 

La cheville. 
la-shvi-ye. 
Le bras droit, 
le-bra-droa. 

Le mollet. 
le-mo-le. 

La poitrine. 

la-poa-trin. 

Le menton. 

\e-?nan-to7i. 

Le coude. 

le-cood. 

Les yeux. 

le-zie. 

Les paupieres. 

le-po-pier. 



28 



PARTS OF BODY 



The Human Body 
{continued). 
The foot. 

The forehead. 

The hair. 

The right, left hand. 

The instep. 

The knee. 

The leg. 

The lips. 

The mustache. 

The mouth. 

The neck. 

The nose. 

The shoulder. 

The teeth. 

The throat. 

The thumb. 

The toes. 

The tongue. 

The whiskers. 

The wrist. 



Le Corps Humain 

{suite) (siiit). 

Le pied. 

le-pie. 

Le front. 

\Q-fron. 

Les cheveux. 

le-she-ve. 

La main droite, gauche. 

la-;;2/>z-dr6at, gosh. 

Le cou-de-pied. 

le-cood-pie. 

Le genou. 

le-jnoo. 

La jambe. 

\2i-j anh. 

Les levres. 

le-levr'. 

La moustache. 

la-moos-tash. 

La bouche. 

la-boosh. 

Le cou. 

le-coo. 

Le nez. 

le-ne. 

L'epaule. 

le-pol. 

Les dents. 

\e-da7t. 

La gorge. 

la-gorj. 

Le pouce. 

le-poos. 

Les doigts de pied. 

le-doad-pie. 

La langue. 

la-/<3';zg. 

Les favoris. 

Ie-fa-v6-ri. 

Le poignet. 

Ie-p6a-nie. 



THE WEATHER 



29 



Fine and Bad 
Weather, 



It is fine (weather). 

It is bad. 

It is hot. 

It is cold. 

It is muddy. 

It is sunny. 

It is foggy. 

It is misty. 

It is clear. 

It is dark. 

It is raining. 

It is raining hard. 

It is lightning. 

It is thundering. 

It is getting too cool for 
me. 

It is freezing. 
A shower. 



Beau et Mauvais 

Temps. 

Bo e-mo-ve tan. 

II fait beau, 
il fe bo. 

II fait mauvais, 
il fe mo-ve. 

II fait chaud, 
il fe sho. 

II fait froid. 
il fe froa. 

II fait de la boue. 
il fe de-la-boo. 

II fait du soleil. 
il f e dii-s6-leye. 

II fait du brouillard. 
il fe dii-broo-iar. 

II fait de la brume, 
il fe de-la-briim. 

II fait clair. 
il fe cler. 

II fait sombre, 
il fe so7ihx\ 

II pleut. 
il pie. 

II pleut a verse, 
il ple-a-vers. 
11 eclaire. 
il e-cler. 

II tonne, 
il ton. 

II commence a faire trop 

froid pour moi. 
il-c6-m<?«-sa-fer tro-froa 

poor-moa. 

II gele. 
il-jel. 

Une ondee. 
Un-6';z-de. 



30 



THE WEATHER 



Fine and Bad 
Weather 

[confimted). 
A storm (on land). 

A storm (at sea). 

A rough passage. 

A smooth passage. 

The glass is rising. 

The glass is going 
down. 

The heat is intolerable. 

The heat is oppressive. 

A thunderstorm is com- 
ing. 

It will bring relief. 

It is very damp. 

It is hotter than yester- 
day. 

There is no breeze. 

A breeze is springing 
up. 

How delicious! 



Beau et Mauvais 
Temps 

{suite) (siiit). 

Un or age. 
u?t-r\.6-ra.y 

Une tempete. 
iin-/<2;z-pet. 

Une mauvaise traversee. 
iin-mo-vez tra-ver-se. 

Une bonne traversee. 
iin-bon tra-ver-se. 

Le barometre monte. 
le-ba-ro-metr' inonX.. 

Le barometre descend, 
le-ba-ro-metr' ^Q-san. 

La chaleur est intoler- 
able, 
la sha-le-re-tz>2-t6-le-rabl. 

La chaleur est etouf- 

fante. 
la sha-le-re-te-too-f^?;z-t. 

Nous allons avoir u n 

or age. 
noo-z^-lon a-voar un-no- 

raj. 

Cela rafraichira I'atmos- 

phere. 
sla ra-fre-shi-ra lat-mos- 

fer. 

II fait tres humide. 
il fe tre-sii-mid. 

II fait plus chaud qu' 

hier. 
il fe plii-sho ki-er. 

II n'y a pas de vent, 
il ni-a-pad-'Z''rt;z. 

Voila une brise d'air. 
via iin-briz-der. 

C'est delicieux! 
se de-li-si-e. 



PHRASES 



31 



Sensation and 
Feeling. 



A Few Phrases. 

I am cold. 
He is hot. 
We are hungry. 
You are thirsty. 
They are sleepy. 



Sensation et 

Sentiment. 

San-ssi-slon e San-ti- 

1)1 a)i. 

Quelques Locutions. 
Kel-ke-lo-cii-sit';/ . 

J'ai froid. 
je-froa. 

11 a chaud. 
il-a-sho. 

Nous avons faim. 
noo-zsi-v o n-Ji n . 
Vous avez soif. 
voo-za-ve-s6af. 

lis ont sommeil. 
il-2'^;;/-s6-meye. 



I shan't be right. 

She won't be wrong. 

We shan't be afraid. 

You won't be twenty 
years old. 

They (f.) won't need 
any money. 



My feet are cold. 

His hands are warm. 

We have got a head- 
ache. 



Je n'aurai pas raison. 
j e-no-re-pa-re-^"^;/ . 

Elle n'aura pas tort, 
el-no-ra-pa-tor. 

Nous n'aurons pas peur. 
noo-n6-;'<:v/-pa-per. 

Vous n'aurez pas vingt 

ans. 
voo-n6-re-pa-7//;/-/^?// . 

Elles n'auront pas besoin 

d'argent. 
el-n6-r<?;/-pa-be-zo///-dar- 
Jan. 



J'ai froid aux pieds. 
je-fr6a-6-pie. 

II a chaud aux mains, 
il-a-sho-o-w/;/. 

Nous avons mal a la 

tete. 
noo-za-z/6';^-ma-la-la-tet. 



32 



DRESS 



She is shivering. 
I am catching cold. 
You will catch cold. 



You are sitting in a 
draught. 



I am in perspiration. 

Are you comfortable? 

Wrap yourself u p 
better ! 

I am as warm as can 
be. 



Elle grelotte. 
el gre-lot. 
Je m'enrhume. 
je man-rum. 

Vous allez vous 

enrhumer. 
voo-za-le-voo-^cz;z-rii-me, 

Vous etes assis dans un 

courant d'air. 
voo-ze-ta-si dan-2un-koo- 

ran-der. 

Je suis en nage. 
je-siii «;/-naj. 

Etes-vous a votre aise.^ 
et-voo a votr-ez. 

Couvrez-vous d a v a n - 

tage! 
koo-vre-voo da-van-ta.]. 
J'ai aussi chaud que 

possible, 
je-o-si-sho ke po-sibl. 



Dress (Male). 

The belt (the buckle). 

The bicycling shoes. 

The buttoned boots. 

The cap. 

The collar. 

The collar-button. 

The cotton shirt. 



Les Vetements 

(HOMMES). 

Lie-vet-man (dm). 

La ceinture (la boucle). 
la-s/;z-tiir (la-boocF). 

Les souliers de bicyclette. 
le-soo-lied-bi~si-clet. 
Les bottines a boutons. 
le-b6-ti-na-boo-/i?;^. 

La casquette. 
la-cas-ket. 

Le faux-col. 
le-fo-col. 

Le bouton de col. 
le-boo-ifon-de-col. 

La chemise de coton. 
Ia-shmiz-de-c6-/i?;^. 



DRESS 



33 



Dress (Male) 

{^continued). 
The cuffs. 
The cutaway coat. 
The Derby hat. 

The drawers. 
The fancy shirt. 
The flannel shirt. . 
The gaiters. 
The garters. 

The jacket. 
The kid gloves. 
The laced boots. 
The linen shirt. 
The links. 

The mackintosh. 
The neckerchief. 
The necktie. 
The overcoat. 



Les Vetements 

(HOMMES) 

{suite) (suit). 

Les manchettes. 

le-;//^7;/-shet. 

La jaquette. 

la-ja-ket. 

Le melon, le chapeau 

rond. 
le-mV6';^, le-sha-po-r^^?/. 

Le calegon. 
\q-\ls\-so71. 

La chemise de couleur. 
la-shmiz-de-coo-ler. 

La chemise de flanelle. 
la-shmiz-de-fla-nel. 

Les guetres. 
le-getr'. 

Les jarretieres. 
le- jar-tier. 

Le veston. 

le-ves-/^;z. 

Les gants de peau. 

le-^^?//d-po. 

Les brodequins. 
le-brod-y^/;z. 

La chemise de toile. 
la-shmiz-de-toal. 
Les boutohs de man- 
chettes. 
le-boo-/6';/d-;;/rt;/-shet. 

Le caoutchouc, 
le-ca-oot-shoo. 

Le foulard, 
le foo-lar. 

La cravate. 
la-cra-vat. 
Le pardessus. 
le-par-de-sii. 



34 



DRESS 



Dress (Male) 
{continued). 
The pair of trousers. 

The patent leather 
shoes. 

The Prince Albert coat. 

The pumps. 

The shoes. 

The sleeves. 

The suspenders. 

The slippers. 

The socks. 

The soft fe:t hat. 

The stockings. 

The straw hat. 

The tail (dress) coat 

The silk hat. , 

The ulster. 

The under-vest (flan- 
nel). 

The waistcoat (the 
buttons). 

The white shirt. 



Les Vetements 

(HOMMES) 

{sit it e) (siiit). 

Le pantalon. 
Xo.-pan-'iGi-lon. 

Les souliers vernis. 
le-soo-lie ver-ni. 

La redingote. 
la-re-rt^/;/-got. 

Les escarpins. 
le-zes-car-^/>z. 

Les souliers. 
le-soo-lie. 

Les manches. 
le-;//^?;/sh. 

Les bretelles. 

le-bre-tel. 

Les pantoufles. 

le-^^?;/-toofi'. 

Les chausettes. 
le-sho-set. 

Le chapeau de feutre. 
le-sna-pod-fetr'. 

Les bas. 

le-ba. 

Le chapeau de paille. 
le-sh a-pod-pay e . 

L' habit noir. 
la-bi-noar. 

Le chapeau haut de 

forme. 

le-sha-po-od-forni. 

L 'ulster. 

liil-ster. 

Le gilet de flanelle. 
le-ji-led-fla-nel. 
Le gilet (les boutons). 
le-ji-le (le-boo-/t';/\ 

La chemise blanche, 
la-shmiz btansh.. 



DRESS 



35 



Dress (Female). 
Tlie bodice. 
The bonnet. 
The cap. 
The chemise. 
The c'oak. 
The drawers. 
The dress. 
The dressing-gown. 
The dust-cloak. 
The ear-rings. 
The fancy petticoat. 
The hat. 

The open-work stock- 
ings. 

The opera cloak. 

The ring. 

The shawl. 

The silk stockings. 

The skirt. 

The stays. 

The white petticoat. 



Les Vetements (Femmes). 
L,Q-\ei-!/iiin (fam). 

Le corsage. 

le-cor-saj. 

La capote. 
Ia-ca-p6t. 

Le bonnet, la toque, 
le-bo-ne. la-toc. 

La chemise. 

la-shmiz. 

Le manteau. 

\e-uia?i-to. 

Le pantalon. 

\Q-pan-\.2i-lon. 

La robe. 

la-rob. 

Le peignoir. 

le-pe-nyoar. 

Le cache-poussiere. 

le-cash-poo-sier. 

Les boucles d'oreilles. 
le-boo-cle-do-reN'e. 
Le jupon de couleur. 
le-j u-/r';/d-coo-ler. 
Le chapeau. 
le-sha-po. 
Les bas a jour, 
le-ba-a-joor. 

La sortie de bal. 

Ia-s6r-tid-bal. 

La bague. 

la-bag. 

Le chale. 

le-shal. 

Les bas de sole. 

Ie-bad-s6a. 

La jupe. 

la-jiip. 

Le corset. 

Ie-c6r-se 

Le jupon blanc. 

\e-)n-pon-d/aH. 



36 



TRAVELING REQUISITES 



Traveling Requisites, 

The trunk. 
The button-hook. 
The clothes-brush. 
The comb. 
The hair-brush. 
The hat-box. 
The nail-brush. 
The needle. 
The pins. 
The razor. 
The scissors. 
The soap. 
The straps. 
The sunshade. 
The thread. 
The tooth-brush. 
The traveling-rug. 
The umbrella. 
The vahse. 



Articles de Voyage. 
Ar-ticl' de-v6a-iaj'. 

La malle. 

la-mal, 

Le tire-bouton. 

le-tir-boo-/(??z. 

La brosse a habits, 
la-bro-sa-a-bi. 

Le peigne. 

le-penye. 

La brosse a cheveux. 

la-bro-sa-shve. 

Le carton a chapeau. 

Ie-car-/6';z-a-sha-p6. 

La brosse a ongles. 
la-bro-sa- ongV. 

L' aiguille, 
le-giiiye. 

Les epingles. 
le-ze-^/;zgr. 
Le rasoir. 
Ie-ra-z6ar. 

Les ciseaux. 
Ie-si-z6. 

Le savon. 

le-sa-von. 
Les courroies. 
le-coor-roa. 

L'ombrelle. 

/^;/-brel. 

Le fil. 

le-fil. 

La brosse a dents. 

La couverture de voyage, 
la-coo- ver-tiir-de-v6a-iaj. 

Le parapkiie. 
le-pa-ra-pllii. 
La vahse. 
la-va-liz. 



THE TIME 



37 



To Ask and Tell the 
Time. 

What time is it? 

It is 12 o'clock (noon). 

It is midnight. 

It is I o'clock a. m. 

It is a quarter past i. 

It is half past i. 

It is a quarter to 2. 

It is 2 o'clock p. m. 

It is 5 minutes past 2. 
It is 25 minutes past 2. 

It is 25 minutes to 3. 

It is 5 minutes to 3. 

Have you the right time? 

Have you got the rail- 
way time? 

Is your watch right? 



Pour Demander et 
Dire L'Heure. 
Poor-de-wrt;z-de-e-dir-ler 
Quelle heure est-il? 
kel-er-e-til ? 
II est midi. 
il-e-mi-di. 
II est minuit. 
il-e-mi-niii. 

I] est une heure du matin, 
il-e-tii-ner dii-ma-//;/. 

II est une heure et quart, 
il-e-tii-ner-e-car. 

II est une heure et demie. 
il-e-tu-ner-ed-mi. 

II est une heure trois 

quarts, 
il-e-tii-ner-troa-car. 

II est deux heures de 

I'apres-midi. 
il-e-de-zer-dla-pre-midi. 

II est deux heures cinq. 
il-e-de-zer-j-zV/k. 

II est deux heures vingt- 

cinq. 
i\-e-de-zer-7/mt-smk. 
II est trois heures nioins 

vingt-cinq. 
il -e-troa-zer-mo/;/ vi'nt- 

sirik. 
II est trois heures moins 

cinq. 
il-e-tr6a-zer-mo/;/-.y/;zk. 
Avez-vous I'heure juste? 
a-ve-voo-ler jiist ? 

Avez-vous I'heure du 

chemin de fer? 
a-ve-voo-ler dush-w/;/d- 

fer. 
Votre montre va-t-elle 

bien? 
votr 7nontv\ va-tel hlin ? 



38 



THE TIME 



My watch is 5 minutes 
slow. 



My watch is 
hour fast. 



half an 



What time do 

make it? 
Two to 2. 

I am 2 to 2 too. 



you 



Ma montre retarde de 

cinq minutes. 
msi-7nontf re-tard' de sm 

mi-niit. 
Ma montre avance d'une 

demi-heure. 
ma-;;/6';ztr' a.-vans diin 

de-mi-er. 

Quelle heure avez-vous? 

kel-er-ave-voo ? 

Deux heures moins deux. 

de-zer m6/«-de. 

J'ai deux heures moins 

deux aussi. 
je-de-zer mo/;/ de 6-si. 



Phrases of Time. 

To-day. 

Yesterday. 

The day before yester- 
day. 
To-morrow. 

The day after to-mor- 
row. 
In a week. 

In a fortnight. 

A week ago. 

A fortnight ago. 

Now. 

Later on. 



Locutions de Temps. 
L6-cii-si6';/ de-^an. 

Aujourd'hui. 
o-joor-diii. 

Hier. 
ier. 

Avant-hier. 

a.-van-tier. 

Demain. 

de-;;/z>/. 

Apres-demain. 
a-pred-;////z. 

Dans huit jours. 
dan-m-jooT. 

Dans quinze jours. 
dan-ki7iz-]oor. 

II y a huit jours, 
il-ia-iii-joor. 

II y a quinze jours. 
il-ia-/^/;/z-joor. 

Maintenant. 
nii7tt-?ian. 

Plus tard 
plii-tar. 



THE TIME 



39 



This morning. 

This afternoon. 

This evening. 

Next Sunday. 

Last Sunday. 

Next week. 

Last week. 

Next month. 

Last month. 

To-morrow week. 

To-morrow fortnight. 

A week ago yesterday. 

Two weeks ago yester- 
day. 

Every day. 

Ever}' morning. 

Every evening. 

The whole da3\ 

Half an hour. 

PL'ilf a day. 

Three quarters of an 
hour. 



Ce matin. 

sma-//;/. 

Cette apres-midi. 

set-apre-mi-di. 

Ce soir. 
se-s6ar. 
Dimanche prochain. 

di-;;/<;7;/sh-pr6-.sV////. 
Dimanche dernier. 
di-;««;/sh-der-nie. 

La semaine prochaine. 
la-smen-pro-shen. 

Le semaine derniere. 
la-smen-der-nier. 

Le mois prochain. 
le-m6a-pr6-.y/^/>/ . 

Le mois dernier, 
le-moa-der-nie. 
De demain en huit. 
de-de-;;^/>/ an-xiit. 

De demain en quinze. 
de-de-;;//;^ an-kinz. 

II y a eu hier huit jours 
il-ia-ii-ier-iii-joor. 

II y a eu hier quinze 

jours. 
il-ia-ii-ier-/^/;?z-joor. 
Tous les jours, 
too-le-joor. 
Tous les matins 
too-le-ma-/^>^. 
Tous les soirs. 
too-le-s6ar. 
Toute la journee. 
toot-la- joor-ne. 
Une demi-heure. 
iin-de-mi-er. 
L^ne demi-journee. 
lin-de— mi- joor-ne 
Trois quarts d'heure. 
troa-car der. 



40 



THE TIME 



The whole morning 

The whole evening. 

It is late. 

I am late. 

You are late. 

It is getting late. 

I am early. 

You are early. 

It is too early in the 
day. 

Early this morning. 

The night before. 

The following morning. 

Don't hurry. 

Hurry up. 

Let us be quick. 

Let us take it easy. 

There is plenty of time. 

Wait a minute. 

Wait for me, please. 



Toute la matinee, 
toot-la-ma-ti-ne. 

Toute la soiree. 
toot-la-s6a-re. 

II est tard. 
il-e-tar. 

Je suis en retard. 
]e-sm-zanr-ta,r. 

Vous etes en retard. 
voo-zet-5'«;/r-tar. 

n se fait tard. * 
ils-fe-tar. 

Je suis en avance. 
je -siii-^^^-na-T/^ws. 

Vous etes en avance. 
voo-zet-zan-na-vans. 

II est trop matin. 
il e tro-ma-//;?. 

Ce matin de bonne heure. 
se-msi-trnd bon-er 

La veille. 
la veye. 

Le lendemain. 
le la?i^-min. 

Ne vous pressez pas. 
ne-voo-pre-se-pa. 

Pressez-vous. 
pre-se-voo. 

Depechons-nous. 
de-pe-i'/^^;^-noo. 

Ne nous foulons pas 
ne-noo-foo-/^;/-pa. 

II y a bien le temps. 
W-\2L-\Ain-\Q-t an . 

Attendez une minute. 
oX-tan-^k, iin-mi-niit. 

Attendez moi, s'il vous 

plait. 
at-/^;z-de-moa si-voo-ple. 




Hastilli 



II. CONVERSATIONS FOR TOURISTS 

ON BOARD SHIP 

The American tourist, crossing over on the 
French, German, Dutch or Belgian lines of 
steamers, will have no trouble in making himself 
understood, since the officers and stewards all 
speak English to some extent. But it will be both 
pleasant and advantageous to have on hand a few 
sentences in the French language on which to 
practice with friends and companions. It will 
be an opening wedge, so to speak, into the treas- 
ure-house of a foreign language. Nothing could 
be more practical than to get hold of a fellow- 
passenger, also anxious to "improve his French," 
and to employ a portion of the six or eight days of 
absolute leisure in looking over Lee's Gjide to Gay 
"Paree" and becoming thoroughly familiar with 
its contents. If the party of the second part 
should know a little more French than the party 
of the first part, all the better, as many minor 
difficulties could be effectually smoothed over, and 
satisfactory results more quickly secured. 
Remember, the only possible preparation for 
speaking French is — speaking French. 

Good morning. Sir, Bonjour, Monsieur, Ma- 
Madam, Miss.* dame, Mademoiselle.* 

do;i-joor me-si-e ma- 
dam, mad-moa-zel. 
How do you do? Comment vous portez- 

vous. 
r6';/-///(?;/-voo-por-te-voo? 
Well — not well, thank Bien — pas bien, merci, 
you, Sir, etc. Monsieur^ etc. 

bi - m — pa-bi-/;/ mer - si 
me-si-e. 



*\vnien speakiiiff French, do tiot tack the family uame to 
the "Monsieur." etc. It is bad form. 



41 



42 



ON BOARD SHIP 



Have you had the luck 
to escape sea-sick- 
ness? 



I am never sea-sick. 



I am always sea-sick. 



Captain, what kind of 
a trip do you expect? 



I think the crossing will 
be pleasant, this time. 



Head-steward, where is 
my seat.^ 

Here, at the Captain's 
table, Sir, Madam, 
etc. 

Bring me the wine list, 
please. 



Steward, I do not feel 
well ; bring me some 
biandy. 



Avez-vous eu la chance 
d'echapper au mal de 
mer? 

a-ve-voo-zii \a.-s ka7is-^e- 
sha-pe 6 mald-mer, 

Je ne suis jamais malade 

en mer. 
je-ne-siii ja-me ma-lad an 

mer. 

J'ai tou jours le mal de 

mer. 
je too-joor le-mald-mer. 

Commandant, sur quel 

genre de traversee 

comptez-vous? 
co^n - man - da?t, siir-kel- 

ya/zr-de-tra-ver-se con- 

te-voo. 

Je crois que la traversee 

sera agreable, cette 

fois-ci. 
je-croa ke la-tra-ver-se 

sra a-gre-abl, set-foa- 

si. 
Maitre d'hotel, oii est ma 

place? 
metr-do-tel oo-e ma-plas. 

Ici, Monsieur, etc., a la 
table du Commandant. 

i-si-me-si-e, a-la-tabl dii 
con-?nan-da?i. 

Donnez-moi la carte des 
vins, s'il vous plait. 

don-ne-moa la -cart -de 
vin si-voo-ple. 

Gargon, je ne me sens 
pas bien ; apportez-moi 

■ un cognac. 

^SiV-son je-ne me-san pa 
bi- in ; a-por-te-moa tm 
co-nyak. 



ON BOARD SHIP 



43 



Mr. Purser, I have 
some valuables which 
I wish to place in 
your care. 



Steward, what was the 
day's run this noon? 



They have just posted 
the day's run. 



Captain, do you think 
we shall be in port 
to-morrow? 



At what o'clock? 

Shall we arriv^e in time 
for the tide? 



I am afraid we'll be too 
late, and obliged to 
use the tender to 
land the passengers. 



Shall we miss the train 
for Paris? 



Monsieur le Commis- 
saire, j'ai quelques 
objets de valeur que 
je desire vous confier. 

me-si-e le r6';/-mi-ser, je 
kelk-zob-jed-va-ler ke 
je-de-zir voo-co;i-fl-e. 

Gargon, combien avions- 
nous fait, a midi? 

gar-.y^/z con-hl-m a-vi-on- 
noo fe a mi-di. 

On vient d'afficher le 
parcours accompli 
dans les dernieres 
vingt-quatre heures. 

on-vl-m da-fi-she le-par- 
coor a.c-co;i-p\i dan le- 
dern-yer 2//«-catr-er. 

Commandant, croyez- 

vous que nous arrive- 

rons demain? 
C07i-nian-dan, croa-ie-voo 

ke noo-za-ri-ve-rt?;/ de- 

inm. 

A quelle heure? 
a-kel-er. 

Arriverons-nous a temps 

pour la maree? 
a - ri - ve - roft - noo - a.-ta7i 

poor-la-ma-re. 
J'ai peur que nous 

n'arrivions trop tard. 

Les passagers seront 

debar ques sur le 

remorqueur. 
je-per ke-noo-na-ri-vi-6>« 

tro - tar. le pa-sa-je 

srojt de-bar-ke siir le 

re-raor-ker. 

Manque rous-nous le train 

de Paris? 
ma^t-ke-ron-noo \h-trind 

pa-ri. 



44 



ON BOARD SHIP 



No, there is a special 
train waiting. 

How long does it take 
from Havre to Paris? 



About four hours. 

How large a tip must 
be given to the cabin 
steward — 



the cabin stewardess, 

the dining-room 
steward. 

the deck-steward, 

the bath-boy? 

The first three ought to 
be given about lo to 
1 5 francs apiece ; 



The others, 5 francs 
apiece. 

And the smoking-room 
steward ? 

It depends on the time 
you spent there, and 
the number of drinks 
you ordered. 



Non, il y a un train 

.special. 
non il-ia un-trin-s^h.-'&\^. 
Combien dure le trajet 

du Havre a Paris? 
con-\yi-in-di\\x le-tra-je dii- 

havr a-pa-ri. 

Environ quatre heures. 
a7i-v\-ron catr-er. 

Quel pourboire faut-il 
donner au gargon de 
cabine — 

kel-poor-boar fo-til don- 
ne o gar-j'<?;zd ca-bin, 

a la femme de chambre, 
a-la-famd-j'/^<a:;/<^r, 

au gargon de table, 
o gar-i'^?zd tabl, 

au gargon de pont, 

o gsiv-sond po/i, 

au gargon de bain? 

o g£ir-sond bin. 
Aux trois premiers on 

donne generalement 

de 10 a 15 francs, 

chaque ; 
o troa pre-mi-e ^?;-don 

je-ne-ral-;;m;z de-di-za- 

kinz fi'an shac. 

Aux deux autres, cinq 

francs, chaque. 
o-de-zotr sin f ran shac. 
Et le gargon du cafe? 

e le gciV-so7i dii ca-fe. 

Cela depend du temps 
que vous avez passe au 
cafe, et du nombre de 
vos consommations. 

sla de-pan dli- /<'/;/ ke-voo- 
za-ve-pa-se 6-ca-fe, e 
dii - 72onhv de - vo - con- 
s6m-msi-si-on. 



ON BOARD SHIP 



45 



I hope you did not play 
cards for money. 



I never do so, among 
strangers; it is too 
dangerous. 



Goo d-by, Captain: 
many hearty thanks 
for this charming 
trip; we shall remem- 
ber it for a long time. 



Well, we had a charm- 
ing trip, didn't we? 



Yes, indeed, ladies, and 
you have made it so 
pleasant for me that 
I do not know how to 
thank you. 



Good-by, till then. 



J'espere que vous n'avez- 

pas joue aux cartes 

pour de 1' argent, 
jes-per ke-voo-na-ve-pa- 

joo-e-o-cart poor - de - 

\a.v-ja7i. 

Cela ne m' arrive jamais 

avec des etrangers ; 

c'est trop dangereux. 
sla - ne - ma - riv-ja-me a- 

vek de-ze-/r^z;/-je se- 

ivb-dan-]e-re. 

Adieu, Commandant ; 
recevez mes meilleurs 
remerciements p o u r 
cette charmante trav- 
ersee dont nous nous 
souviendrons long- 
temps. 

a-di-e coii-niaii-dan re-se- 
ve me-me-yer - re - mer- 
sl-inan poor- set-shar- 
inaiit tra-ver-se, don 
noo-noo-soo-vi-m-dron 
lon-taji. 

Eh bien, nous avons eu 
un charmant voyage, 
n'est-ce pas? 
e-bi/n noo-za7'6';/ ii ini 
shar-wrt« voa-iaj nes- 
pa. 

Qui vraiment, Mesdames, 
vous me I'avez rendu 
si agreable que je ne 
puis assez vous en re- 
mercier. 

ooi vre-ma// me-dam voo 
me - la - ve ra;i - dli si- 
a-gre-abr kej-ne piii-za- 
se voo-zan re-mer-sie. 

Au revoir, alors. 
6r-v6ar, a-lor. 



AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE 

Cuslom-house officers are a nuisance in all 
countries, but I verily believe that French 
officials are the least aggravating of them all. If 
you don't understand "their nasty gibberish, " as 
that sweet-tempered lady, Mrs. Caudle, christens 
the French language, ask for an interpreter. 
These speaking machines are to be found in most 
custom-houses, and are generally in fairly good 
working order. 

Of course, when you arrive at Havre, Cher- 
bourg, Calais or Boulogne, you must be prepared 
for the worst. It may be your luck to see your 
boxes rummaged and turned topsy-turvy, your 
shirts crumpled by dirty hands. Buxom ladies 
may even run the risk of being spun into another 
room and searched. It is no good making a fuss, 
you must stand by submissively, looking as meek 
as Moses and never uttering a hasty word. 

Greatcoats provided with deep pockets, and 
plenty of them, have been known to prove useful 
receptacles for cigars and cigarettes, although a 
box of 50, or even 100, especially if- a few are 
wanting, is not usually charged for. 

AH things considered, tell as few lies — begging 
your pardon — as you possibly can, and be law- 
abiding, even abroad. N. B. — French Custom- 
house officers are not, as a rule, open to tips. 



At the Custom-House. A la Douane. 

A-la-doo-an. 

Is this yours? Est-ce a vous ga? 

e-'sa-voo sa? 

Is this all you have? Est-ce tout ce que vouS 

avez? 
es-toos-ke-voo-za-ve? 
46 



AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE 



47 



Have you anything to 
declare? 



What have you got in 
here? 

Have you any tobacco, 
cigars? 



Open your box. 

Open your portman- 
teau. 

Is your bicycle new? 



What have I to pay? 

I am going to Ger- 
many, and back 
through Belgium. 



Where do I go now? 



Where shall I get my 
money back? 



Whom shall I write to? 



Where is the inter- 
preter? 

May I skip now? 



Avez-vous quelque chose 

a declarer? 
a-ve- voo-kel-ke-shoz a- 
de-cla-re? 

Qu'avez-vous la-dedans? 
ca-ve-voo-ladV/rt;z? 

Avez-vous du tabac, des 

cigares? 
a-ve - voo - dii - taba, de 

sigar? 

Ouvrez votre malle. 
oo-vre vot mal. 

Ouvrez votre valise, 
oo-vre vot va-liz, 

Votre bicycle est-il 

neuf? 
vot bi-sicl' e-til-nef ? 

Qu'ai-je a payer? 
kej-a-pe-ie? 

Je vais en Allemagne, et 
je rentre par la Bel- 
gique. 

je-ve-s'^^^/z-nal-manye, e- 
]e-rantv' par-la-bel-jik. 

Ou faut-il aller main- 
tenant? 
oo-fo-til a-le 7;i/ni-7ian7 

Ou me rendra-t-on mon 

argent? 
oo-me-ran-dra,-ton dwh- 

rikr Janl 

A qui faudra-t-il que 

j'ecrive? 
a ki fo-dra-til ke-je-criv? 

Ou est I'interprete? 
oo-e-//;2-ter-pret? 

Puis je me tirer des flutes 

maintenant? 
piiij-me-ti-re de-Rntmmt- 



ASKING ONE'S WAY 

Once upon a time — this is not a fairy tale, though 
— in the vicinity of Moorgate Street Station, in 
the county of Middlesex, London, E. C, a 
bearded foreigner, whose mustache looked like a 
circumflex accent turned up at the ends, was talk- 
ing to a burly policeman. (They are all burly, it 
would seem. ) 

"Sir," quoth the foreigner, "would you have the 
obligingness to say me where is it that I am?" 

"I believe you are in the street. Where do you 
want to go to?" 

And the foreign wanderer answered unto him : 

"I desire to go somewhere, in order to see some 
one, but I have forgotten his name and also the 
name of the street in which he inhabitates. But I 
know that he is a maker of frames." 

And looking complacently down, the p'liceman 
said: 

"Go straight on, turn to the right, then to the 
left, go through the Wool Exchange and you will 
find yourself in Basinghall Street; Gus Rochefort 
is the name of the man. No — (Whoa! back! no 
free advertisements here) — and there you are!" 

And there I was indeed ! Wonderful ! 

Well, if I had put the same questions to a 
French "agent de police" he would either have 
laughed me to scorn or scattered all the features 
of my face. 

So, if you ever want to know the time, or ask 
your way about, even when knowing the name of 
the street to which you want to go, don't ask a 
French policeman. For goodness' sake, don't! 
He is not supposed to know anything, and he 
knows it, and is proud of it, and will feel greatly 
insulted if asked for any information. 

If he is at all conscientious, he will give you such 
directions as may take you right enough to the 
end of the street, but beyond that you must take 
your chances. "But then?" you are asking. 



ASKING ONE S WAY 



49 



Then go np to a working-man, he may only have 
a blouse and a cap on, but don't mind that; touch 
your hat — yes, sir, I am not joking, touch your hat 
on going up to him — however reluctantly, and 
don't forget to say s'z'l votes plait or vierci, 
nionsicKr. He will tell you your way readily, 
politely and correctly. Don't be afraid of his pro- 
nouncing French badly, his pronunciation is sure 
to be as good as that of any educated man. Shop- 
keepers and students, if you find yourself in the 
Latin quarter, are also reliable persons; but in all 
cases, do not forget the touching of the hat, the 
"please" and the "thank you." 

One piece of advice: When you are gazing at a 
shop-window, beware of boldfaced pickpockets, 
native and foreign — English especially. 

And now — my sermon is over — look at the 
following phrases: 



Phrases of Place. 



{a) Questions 



Expressions de Lieu. 
Ex-pre-sw;/ de-lie. 

{a) Questions. 
Kes-ti6';/. 



Where is the — the — Ou est le — la — les — ? 
the — ? oo-e le — la — le — ? 



Which is the way to go 
to the* cathedral?- - 
to the museumi ? — 
park? — railway sta- 
tion? 



How far is it? 



Quel est le chemin pour 
aller a la cathedrale? — 
au musee? — au pare?— 
a la gare? 

ke^-el-she-;;//?z poor-ra-'e 
a-la-ca-te-dral?— o-mii- 
ze? — 6-parc? — a-la-gar? 

Quelle distance y a-t-il? 
kel-dis-/ir;/s ia-til? 



Is this the right way to Est-ce bien la route pour 
Paris? Paris? 

es-bi/;/ la- root poor Pa-ri? 

May I go through here? Puis-je passer par ici? 

piiij pa-se pa-ri-si? 



50 



ASKING ONE S WAY 



May I go this (that) 

way? 
Which is the best way? 



Which is the shortest 
way? 



(Are there) any hills to 
go up? 

(Are there) any hills to 
go down? 

Is the hill long — steep — 
good — bad? 



Is the road paved — ? 
Any stones? 



What's the distance 
to—? 



Can you tell me of some 
hotel, not too expen- 
sive? 



What street is it in? 

Which way shall I (we) 
go? 

Can you go with me? 



Puis-je aller par la? 

piiij a-le par-la? 

Quel est le meilleur 

chemin? 
kel-el-me-yer she-7nm7 

Quel est le chemin le 

plus court? 
kel - el - she - mm le - plii- 

coor? 

Y a-t-il des cotes a 
monter? 

ia-til de-cot a,-?non-te'? 

Y a-t-il des cotes a 
descendre? 

ia-til de-cot a.-d.e-sandv'7 

La cote est-elle longue — 
raide — bonne — mau- 
vaise? 

la-cot et-el long — red — 
bon — movez? 

Y a-t-il du pave — ? du 
caillou? 

ia-til dii pa-ve — ? diic a- 
ioo? 

Combien y-a-t-il pour 

aller a — ? 
con-him la-til-poor a-le 
a—? 

Pouvez-vous m'indiquer 
un hotel pas trop 
cher? 

poo-ve-voo jnm-di-ke un- 
no-tel pa-tro-sher? 

Dans quelle rue? 
da7t-hel-T\i7 

Par ou faut-il-aller? 
pa-roo fo-ti-la-le? 

Pouvez-vous aller avec 

moi? 
poo - ve - voo - za-le a-vec- 

moa. 



ASKING ONE S WAY 



51 



{b) Answers. 

Here. There. 

On (to) the right. 

On (to) the left. 

Further. Nearer. 

Straight on. 

In front of you. 

Behind you. 

Next to the post-office. 

Near the town-hall. 

Opposite the station. 

Come this way. 

Go that way. 

Go straight in front of 
you, take the first 
street on the right, 
then the second on 
the left. 



Follow the street R. R. 
line. 

Follow the telegraph 
line as far as the 
bridge. 



{b) Reponses. 
Re-/6';/s. 

Ici. La. 
i-si. la. 
A droite. 
a-droat. 

A gauche, 
a-gosh. 

Plus loin. Plus pres. 
plu-16/;z. plii-pre. 

Tout droit, 
too-droa. 

Devant vous. 
de-vaji-Yoo. 

Derriere vous. 
de-rier voo. 

A cote de la poste. 
a-c6-te-dla-p6st. 

Aupres de la mairie. 
o-pre-dla-me-ri. 

En face la gare. 
rt;;z-fas-la-gar. 

Venez par ici. 
ve-ne-pa-ri-si. 
Allez par la. 
a-le-par-la. 

Allez tout droit devant 
vous, prenez la pre- 
miere rue a droite. 
puis la deuxieme a 
gauche. 

a-le too-droa Ae-van-woo, 
pre-ne la-pre-mier-rii 
a-droat, piii la-de-ziem 
a-gosh. 

Suivez le tramway, 
siii-vel- tra-mooe. 

Suivez le fil telegraph- 

ique jus-qu'au pont. 
siii - vel - fil-te - le - gra -fie 



RAILROADS AND TRAINS 

The French Bradshaw or Indicateur des 
Cheinins de fer does not always indicate the 
trains clearly. To understand the book, training 
is required. Like its English brother it contains 
several trains that leave and even reach stations, 
and a great many that seem neither to leave nor 
to arrive, but which appear to be always running 
on the line. Very puzzling. All stations are pro- 
vided with a large time-table pasted up on the 
wall, but usually out of sight. Very practical. 

If you have any baggage and want to catch a 
train, you m.ust be in the station at least twenty 
minutes before the time fixed for departure. The 
distribution of tickets and the registration of bag- 
gage are supposed to cease, the former five min- 
utes, the latter ten minutes, before the time of 
leaving. When you have done with all this, you 
are shut up in a first, second, or third class wait- 
ing-room {salle d' at t elite), with padded, semi- 
padded or wooden benches to sit upon. In a 
republic, this is very appropriately called 
equality, fraternity. The w^aiting-room is her- 
metically closed ; you may not leave it, any more 
than the musty smell can, nor may you see what is 
going on on the line, as the panes are of corrugated 
glass. This is what is called liberty. 

Passengers under three years of age and "in 
arms," ride free of charge. 

Grown-up passengers are allowed 30 kilogrammes 
(64 pounds) of baggage free; the fee for checking 
{enregistrement) being o fr. 10 (= 2 cents). 

Each station is provided with a small parcel- 
room {Consi'gne). The fee is o fr. 05 per article 
and per day. Minimum charge: o fr. 10, to be 
paid when you take out the article, not when you 
receive the ticket on depositing it. 

Passengers have a right — a legal right — to the 
portion of the seat which they have reserved by 
placing there a hat-box, umbrella, book or news- 
paper. They have also a right to the portion of 

52 



RAILROADS AND TRAINS 53 

the rack or the portion of the floor of the carriage 
above and under their seat. All trains are not 
provided with "smoking" carriages, marked out- 
side: Fumeurs. Smoking is allowed in all com- 
partments, unless objected to by one of the 
passengers. (Always ask, touch your hat and 
make use of juerci, if favorable answer received. ) 
You are not supposed to smoke inside the station, 
but the rule is more honored in the breach than 
anywhere else. 

French trains, generally speaking, travel slowly, 
and safely, if not sm-oothly. 

Don't be alarmed by the proceedings at depart- 
ure. The station-master whistles, then the guard 
blows a tiny trumpet, and lastly the engine-driver 
whistles, too, and lets on the steam. It would not 
be safe to start a French engine otherwise. 

Important stations and all junctions have a 
refreshment-room. Their reputation as drinking 
and eating places is, like the weather, variable; 
they are far ahead of British or American refresh' 
ment-rooms, however. 

At most railway bookstalls you can buy tobacco, 
cigarettes, cigars, matches, stamps, postal and 
letter cards, and even note-paper. A packet of 
tobacco or of cigarettes costs o fr. lo more than at 
tobacco stores; matches, o fr. 05 more; stamps 
and postal-cards the regular price. Most English 
newspapers (o fr. 25) are to be found at the Paris 
Gare Saint-Lazare and in the kiosques round the 
Opera. The "New York Herald" costs o fr. 15 in 
Paris, o fr. 20 in the Dtpartemetits, the "Galig- 
nani's Messenger " o fr. 20, and o fr. 25. 

Railways and Trains. Chemins de Fer et 

Trains. 
She-w/>zd fer e-trz?i. 

Where is the railway Oii est la gare du 
station' chemin de fer? 

00-e-la-gar dii-she - mind 
fer? 

When is the train Quand part le train pour 
to X—? X—? 

can--par le /ri'n poor X — ? 



54 



RAILROADS AND TRAINS 



Is it a slow train? 

Is it a fast train? 

Is it a through train? 

Have I got to change? 

Where? 

When does it get to 
Paris? 

Where is the time-table? 

Where is the ticket- 
office for Dieppe? 



Where is the luggage- 
office? 

Where is the cloak- 
room? 

Where are the toilet- 
rooms? 

A first (second, third) 
single to Rouen. 



A first (second, third) 
return to Dieppe. 



How much? 



Est-ce un train omnibus? 
h-sun-trm-om-m-bvLS? 

Est-ce un train express? 
e-suji trin ex-press? 

Est-ce un train direct? 
e-siin-trm di-rect? 

Faut-il changer de train? 
fo-til shan-]e ^e-trinl 

Oil? 

oo? 

Quand arrive - 1 - on a * 

Paris? 
can-6.Si-r\v-ton a-Pa-ri? 

Oii est I'indicateur? 
oo-e /z>z-di-ca-ter? 

Ou est le bureau des 
billets pour Dieppe? 

oo-el-bii-ro de-bi-ie-poor 
Diep? 

Ou est le bureau des 

bagages? 
oo-el bii-ro de ba-gaj? 

Ou est la consigne? 

oo-e-la-^^;2-sing? 

Ou sont les cabinets? 
oo-son le-ca-bi-ne? 

Une premiere (seconde, 

troisieme) aher pour 

Rouen, 
tin pre-mier (se-£-ond, 

troa - ziem a - le poor 

Koo-an. 

Une premiere (seconde, 
troisieme) aller et 
retour pour Dieppe. 

iin pre-mier (se-^^'^^d,* 
troaziem) a-le er-toorf: 
poor Diep. 

Combien? 
C07i-h\in1 



RAILROADS AND TRAINS 



55 



Porter, get me a corner. 

Where is the guard? 
Are you the guard? 



Look after my bicycle, 
will you? 



Employe, trouvez-moi un 
coin. 

an-p]6-ie, troo-ve-moa un- 
co m. 

Ou est le chef de train' 
oo-el-shef de-/rm? 

Est-ce vous le chef de 

train? 
es-vool-shef de-frml 

Prenez soin de mon 
bicycle, s'il vous plait, 
pre-ne som de-;;io;i bi- 
sicl', si-voo-ple. 



(And so saying — or even without saying any- 
thing — the wise traveler tips the guard ten or 
twenty cents — 50 centimes, or i franc.) 

There is no room in the II n'y a pas de place en 
second class. seconde. 

il-nia-pad-plas ans-£'07d. 

Puis-je aller en premiere? 
piiij a-le an premier? 

Mes bagages sont perdus. 
me ba-gaj son per-dii. 

Je les ai vus a Dieppe. 
je-le-ze-vU a Diep. 

lis etaient enregistres. 
il-ze-te rt;/r-jis-tre. 

a train Puis-je attraper un train 
pour — ? 
piiij - a- tra -pe t/n - trin 
poor — ? 

La fumee vous derange- 

t-elle? 
la-fii-me voo dk^-ranyX.^I 

Would you like me to Voulez-vous que je ferme 
shut — open — the win- — j'ouvre — la fenetre? 
dow? voo - le - voo - kej - f erm — 

joovr' — la-fe-netr? 



Can I go first? 
My baggage is lost 
I saw it at Dieppe. 
It was labeled. 



Can I catch 
for—? 



Do you mind smoking? 



56 



RAILROADS AND TRAINS 



May I shut — open — the 
window? 



Have you got the tick- 
ets, my dear? 



We shall arrive in about 
fifteen minutes, my 
dear. 



They collect the tickets 
at the gate. 

Get your hand baggage 
ready, and roll your 
rug tight. 



Are you sure you forget 
nothing? 



Porter, a cab. 
A four-wheeler. 
A small omnibus. 
I have no baggage. 
I have some baggage. 



Voulez-vous me permet- 

tre de fermer — d'ouvrij 

—la fenetre? 
voo - le - voom - per-metr" 

de-fer-me — doo-vrir- — 

la-fe-netr? 

Avez-vous les billets, mon 

cher? 
a ve - voo le - bi - ie mon 

sher. 

Nous arriverons dans a 
peu pres quinze mi- 
nutes, ma chere. 

noo-za-ri-ve-;Y^;^ dan-zsi- 
pe-pre kms-rm-nx\.t ma,' 
sher. 

On prend les billets a 

I'arrivee. 
oji-pT'anVe-hi-iQ a-la-ri-ve. 

Preparez vos petits bag- 
ages, et roulez bien 
V o t r e couverture de 
voyage. 

pre-pa-re v6-p'ti-ba-gaj 

e roo-le-bi/;z votr coo-ver- 

tiird voa-iaj. 

Etes-vous sur que vous 

n'oubliez rien? 
et-voo-sUr ke voo-noo-blie 

rim. 

Employe, un coupe. 
<?;z-pl6-ie, ?/;/-coo-pe. 

Un fiacre a galerie. 
un fi-acr' a gal-ri. 

Un omnibus de famille. 
uji om-ni-biisd-fa-miye. 
Je n'ai pas de bagages. 
je-ne-pad-ba-gaj. 

J'ai des bagages. 
je-de-ba-gaj. 



CABS AND CABBIES 

There are two sorts of cabbies in Paris : those 
who will drive you at a decent pace, and those 
who will tear along the crowded streets regardless 
of their freight and of the passers-by; those who 
will take you where you want to go with a certain 
amount of care, and those who will spill you on 
the asphalt or at a street corner; those who have 
an idea, however vague, of the street, the name 
of which you called out on getting in, and those 
who ask 3'ou where it is ; in short, there are cabbies 
who can drive, and cabbies who cannot. The 
percentage of the latter is extraordinarily high ! 
So I feel rather nervous about recommending you 
cabs as a non-emotional as well as a safe means of 
conveyance. 

Of course, if you have insured your life for the 
benefit of your relatives, or if you are in the habit 
of carrying about you an illustrated paper that 
will guarantee the bearer so much, on the strict 
understanding that he loses one or two limbs and 
a couple of eyes, oh, then, it is a very different 
matter! By all means do take ^a. fiacre. 

On the other hand, if you are in no hurry to 
depart this wicked world, and more particularly 
this abominable (but nice) place, Paris, go on foot, 
or take a 'bus. These are heavier vehicles, and 
they don't upset as a rule, although they will now 
and then overthrow a growler, but what does it 
matter, so long as you yourself are not bodily or 
mentally upset by them? 

There are seasons in the year when the Parisian 
coachman is polite and meek, others when he is 
the reverse. When Paris is overflowing with 
"distinguished" foreigners, and the air is balmy 
and gay, you must approach a disengaged coach- 
man with a pleasant smile and due reverence for 
his elevated position, and let him understand that 
you will acknowledge his valuable services by a 
"good-for-a-drink" (tip). 

57 



58 CABS AND CABBIES 

There are two sorts of carriages : first, Voltures 
ferinees — voa-tiir-f er-me — (hackney - carriages) ; 
second, Voitures decouvertes or Victorias — 
voa-tiir de-cou-vert — victoria — (open carriages). 
The latter are in great demand in the summer, 
and not easily found, especially in the afternoon. 
It is very enjoyable to take a drive in one of 
them round the boulevards or in the Bois de 
Boulogne (boad-boo-lonye). 

Inside the Paris walls, the legal fare is not per 
distance but per drive {a la course — a la coors), 
that is: i fr. 50 before 12:30 p. m. (after, 2 fr. 25); 
tip, o fr. 25. If two or three people are going in 
the same carriage and mean to drive from one end 
of Paris to the other, say from Montmarte 
(W(9;z-martr') to Montrouge (mon-vooj), the tip 
should be made proportionate to the distance. By 
the hour the rate is 2 fr., with a tip of 25 centimes 
per hour. The above tariffs apply to all cabs 
having a conspicuous number painted on their 
lamps. Cabs with inside seats for four passengers 
cost a trifle more ; there are no open carriages of 
that kind. 

N. B. — If you are in a cafe, restaurant or hotel, 
and in need of a cab, always send the waiter for it. 



To Get a Cab. 



Pour Avoir Une 

VOITURE. 

Poor a-v6ar iin voa-tiir. 



Waiter, call me a cab, GarQon, appelez-moi une 
please. voiture, s'il vous plait. 

gar - son, ap-le-moa iin 
voat-tiir, si-voo-ple. 
Waiter, get mo a cab, Gargon, allezmechercher 
please. une. voiture, s'il vous 

plait. 
ga.v-so72, ale me-sher-she 
iin voa-tiir, si-voo-ple. 

— a closed carriage. — une voiture fermee. 

— iin voa-tiir-ferme. 

— an open carriage. — une voiture decouverte. 

— iin voa-tiir de-coo-vert. 



CABS AND CABBIES 



59 



—a warmed carriage. 

— a four - wheeler for 
my baggage. 



Tell the cabby to come 
and wait for me here 
at noon. 

— at one o'clock sharp, 

— a quarter past two. 

— half -past twelve p. m. 

— half past twelve a. isi. 

A cab with a good 
horse. 

Coachman, by the hour. 

Wait for me here. 

Coachman, Saint- 
Lazare station. 

Don't drive so fast. 

A franc extra if I catch 
the train. 

Here is the tariff. 

You can't cheat me, 
that's an over-charge. 



— une voiture chauffee. 
— iin voa-tiir sho-fe. 

— une voiture a galerie 

pour mes bagages. 
— iin voa-tiir a gal-ri poor 

me-ba-gaj. 
Dites au cocher de venir 

m'attendre ici a midi. 
dit 6-c6-she dev-nir ma- 

tan^v is-i a mi-di. 

— a une heure precis. 
— a iin-er-pre-si. 

— a deux heures et quart. 
— a de-zer e car. 

— a midi et demie. 
— a mi-di e de-mi. 

— a minuit et demie. 
— a mi-niii e de-mi. 

Une voiture avec un bon 

cheval. 
iin voa-tiir a-vec t(?t don 

she-val. 

Cocher, a I'heure. 

co-she, a-ler. 

Attendez-moi ici. 
a-/««-de-m6a i-si. 

Cocher, gare Saint- 

Lazare. 
co-she, gar-j-Z^-la-zar. 
N'allez pas si vite. 
na-le-pa-si-vit. 
Un franc de pourboire si 

j'attrape le train, 
ujifran de-poor-boar si 

ja-trap \e-trin. 
Voila le tarif. 
v6a-lal-ta-rif, 

Vous ne pouvez pas me 
refaire, c'est trop. 

voon-poo-ve-pa mer-fer, 
se-tro. 



'BUSES AND STREET CARS 

There are eighty-five lines of omnibuses and 
street cars (called tramways in France and Eng- 
land) in Paris, As a means of conveyance, 'buses 
and cars are safe and comfortable enough, but 
extremely slow, and there are not nearly enough 
of them. Hours: 7 or 7:30 a. m. till 12:20 a. m. 

'Buses and cars stop at certain stations, called 
Bureaux des Omnibus. These are very useful 
places when it is raining. On the busiest lines, it 
is safe to go in and ask for a number, naming the 
direction of the 'bus you want to take. (Buy a 
map of the car and 'bus lines. ) An official, with 
an O on his cap, will give you a number. Look 
out for the next 'bus, follow the other passengers, 
and if your number is called out, get in. 

"Inside" and ''plate-forme'' (where the con- 
ductor stands), o fr. 30; "outside," o fr. 15, all the 
way. If your 'bus or car does not take you 
straight to the place where you want to go, but 
crosses another line which will suit you, say, on 
paying your fare: "Correspondajice" (c6-res-J>on- 
daus), which means "a transfer." If you are 
inside or on the plate-jorine, it is given you free 
of charge; if outside, on payment of 15 centimes 
extra. 

At the proper station for changing lines, go to 
the O man in the Bureau, get another number, etc. 

The coachmen in the service of the Compagnie 
Gknirale des Omitibus drive well. Always try to 
get into a 'bus or car as near to its starting-point 
as possible. The direction followed by the 'bus, 
both on outward and return journey, is shown by 
a movable board at the back. When the 'bus is 
"full" you will see the word compiet at the back, 
above the entrance. But this means that the 'bus 
is compiet "inside" only. A glance will tell you 
if it is "compiet" outside, also. 

No one is ever allowed aboard above the number 
of passengers for w^hom seats are provided. 

60 



BUSES AND STREET CARS 



6i 



'Buses and Cars. 

Where is the Omnibus 
station for — ' 



A number for — 

What's the color of the 
'bus for — ? 



Is this right for — ? 



How long does it take 
to get to — ? 



Any room inside? out- 
side? 



A transfer, please. 



Where have I to change 
to go to — ? 



Where do I get out? 

Fut me down street. 

Have you got a plan of 
the tram and 'bus 
lines? 



How much? 



Omnibus et Tramways. 
Om-ni-btis e-tram-oo-e. 

Ou est le Bureau des 

omnibus pour — ? 
oo-el bii-ro de-zom-ni-biis 

poor — ? 
Un numero pour — ? 
7/;/-nii-me-ro poor — ? 

Quelle est la couleur de 
I'omnibus pour — ? 

kel-e la-coo-ler de loni-ni- 
biis poor — ? 

Est-ce bien la voiture 
pour — ? 

es-bu7i la-v6a-tiir poor — ? 

Combien de temps faut-il 

pour aller a — ? 
con-hun de-/au fo-til poor 

a-le a — ? 

Y a-t-il de la place a 
I'interieur? I'imperiale? 

ia-til de-la-plas a-Z/n-te- 
rier? a-//;/-pe-rial? 

Une corr e spondance, 

s. V. p. 
un-c6-res-po;i-d(r/ii^, s.v.p. 

Oil faut-il que je change 

pour aller a^ — ? 
oo-fo-til kej-s/ur^/i poor 

a-le a — ? 
Ou faut-il descendre? 
oo-fo-til d-sandr'7 
Arretez-moi, rue — . 
a-re-te-moa, rii — . 
Avez-vous un plan des 

lignes de tramway et 

d'omnibus? 
a-ve-voo tui-plan de-linj- 

de tram-oo-e e-dom-ni- 

biis? 
Combien? 
con-hiinl 



POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES 

Bureaux de Poste (Blue lamp outside). 
Hours: Summer, 7 a. m. ; Winter, 8 a. m. till g 
p. M. ; Sundays, till 6 p. m. 

When you get into a post-office in Paris, or in 
any large French town, the first thing you notice 
is the foulness of the air. So, take a long breath 
before you go in. Another thing which you can 
hardly help being struck by, is the amount of time 
that will elapse before you are served. While No. 2 
is hard at work. No. 3 and No. 4, and occasionally 
No. 5, will gaze idly at you with a condescending 
air, through the railings, or chat pleasantly 
together. If you want to send, or cash, a money- 
order, they will politely refer you to No. 2, 
who seems to be the only creature doing any 
work at all in the establishment. Wait patiently, 
if you can, till the people who arrived before 
you are served. (No smoking allowed, of course; 
it might corrupt the atmosphere!) They man- 
age these things better in America and other 
countries. 

There are not nearly enough post-offices in 
Paris, and the result is that at certain hours of 
the day they are crowded beyond endurance. 
Moral: Never go to a post-office to buy a stamp; 
go to a tobacco store. 

N. B. — Most post-offices are provided with a 
public telephone closet {^Cabinet telephonique 
't)itbliqiie). 

Postage. 

France, Algeria, Corsica: 

Letters: o f r. 15 — per 15 grammes (about j^ oz.). 
Letter-cards: o fr. 15. 

Postal-cards: o fr. 10 — with "reply," o f r. 20. 
Registered Letter: o fr. 25, in addition to 
postage, 

62 



POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES 63 

Foreign Postage. 

To the United States and all other countries 
included in the Postal Union : 

Letters: o fr. 25 per 15 grammes (^ oz.). 

Letter-cards: o fr. 25. 

Postal-cards: o fr. 10 — with "reply," o fr, 20. 

Registered letter: o fr. 25, in addition to 
postage. 

Newspapers for America: o fr. 5 per 50 
grammes. 

Stamps are to be had at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 
centimes. 

The proper way of addressing a letter for France 
is as follows : 

Monsieur Jean de Mussy, 

Rue des Champs, 37, 

Montmedy, 
(Meuse). 

(Meuse, the department, in parenthesis.) 

Sending or Cashing Money-Orders. 

The fee for sending a money-order within 
France or to Algeria or Corsica is i centime per 
franc. 

The fee for sending a money-order to the United 
States is 25 centimes per 25 francs or fraction of 
25 francs.* 

I, Sending a Money-Order {Emission de Man- 
dats). 

Get your letter ready for posting, address and 
all. On entering the post-office of a large town, 
go to that part of the railings where you see the 
words Emission de Mandats written. When your 
turn comes say to the official : Mandat de — 
fra7ics (see Numbers, p. 17) — Ma7i-&^.-^Q—fraii — 
"Money-order for — francs" — and add: Je paie les 
frais — je-pe-]e-fre — "I'll pay the fee." Then the 
official will ask you: Qui envoie? — \C\-an-\okl — 



* Y. u can't send more than 252 francs (50 dollars) by 
each money order, — but you will more likely want to cash 
that sum than send it. 



64 POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES 

"Who is the sender?" You are expected then to 
give your name and address. The best plan is to 
have both written out on a piece of paper. 

To send a money-order — inland or abroad — you 
have no form to fill up. 

Postal-orders are also obtainable for the value of 

1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 francs, but for France only. 

2. Cashing a Money-Order {PaieDient de Man- 

dats). 

You must prove your identity by producing 
whatever bona fide documents you have relating 
to yourself. This is very important, especially if 
you are not staying at a hotel. A passport is 
always a valuable thing to have in such cases. 
Sometimes, officials will be satisfied with being 
shown the envelope containing the order to be 
cashed, but these thinking-a-lot-of-themselves 
gents are versatile in the extreme. On entering 
the post-office, make straight for the man whose 
face you perceive through the railings, under the 
words: Paietnent de Mandats. 

3. Telegraph Money-Orders {Mandats Tele- 
graphiqites) can be sent or received. The fee is i 
centime per franc, plus cost of telegram, and a 
fixed fee of 50 centimes for notifying the 
receiver. 

General Delivery (Poste Restante). 

In France letters can be sent Poste Restante to 
all provincial and Parisian offices. Letters 
addressed only: A. Jones, Esq., or Monsieur 
Jones, Poste Restante, Paris, are only to be had 
at the Hotel des Postes (General Post-Office) in 
the Rue du Louvre, between the hours of 7 or 
8 A. M. and 10 p. m. (5 p. m. on Sundays) Let- 
ters addressed to other offices should bear the 
address of the office. A letter addressed to you 
by name at a Poste Restante can only be handed 
to you on proof of your identity. The best plan is 
to have it addressed in your own initials, or to 
any initials you like: ^. ^., W.H.A.T. C.H.E.E.R., 
or to a number. Letters thus addressed will be 
delivered to you without any difficulty. 



POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES 65 

A chemical formula is often used (the use of 
formulae of explosives being strongly deprecated 
just now). 

Letter-Boxes (Hours of Collection). 

In Paris and in all the large cities of France, 
3'ou find on the letter-boxes indications when the 
next mail will be distributed in the city and when 
the next mail leaves for the country (departements) 
and for abroad (etranger). These indications run 
as follows: Les lettres jeties a la boife main- 
tenant seront distribuees a Paris aiijoiird' hui 
(or deinain) cntre (sa)^) huit heiires et neuf 
heiires et demie du soi7' — "Letters posted now will 
be distributed in Paris to-day {or to-morrow) 
between (say) 8 and 9:30 p. m." 

For Departements and Etranger, the notice 
runs as follows: Les lettres pour les Departe- 
ments et I' Etranger partiront anjonrd' hui 
(if the collection is not made) or demain (if 
made). "Letters for the country and abroad will 
leave to-day or — as the case may be — to-morrow." 

In Paris there are eight collections and eight 
deliveries per diem. Oji Sundays, only the 
eighth is omitted. 

Every letter-box has an indicator showing the 
number of the collection last made, as follows: 
La i^re {se., je.) le^'ee est fait e. 

The last collection for country and abroad, in 
Paris, takes place at 4:30 in pillar-boxes and boxes 
outside tobacco stores, at 5:30 in most post-offices. 
At 6 (as late as 7:30 in a few) b}- putting on an 
extra stamp of 15 centimes (3 cents). 

Letters for England. 

They can be posted without extra charge as late 
as 8:30 p. M. at the post-office branch in the Rue 
d'Amsterdam, ig (alongside the Gare Saint- 
Lazare), or in one of the two letter-boxes inside 
the large hall of Gare Saint-Lazare, first floor. 

Letters for the United States. 

By posting them before 5 p. m. on Tuesdays and 
Fridays you make sure of their departure by the 
Wednesday and Saturday steamers. For other 
steamers, ask the hotel interpreter. 



66 POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES 

•There are a few pillar-boxes after the American 
style in Paris, but these have been painted a dark 
green color, so they are not very conspicuous. 
They also sometimes have advertisements posted 
at the top of them ; hence the pillar-box looks like 
an ordinary pillar, and not a receptacle for 
letters. There is a box in ever3^ tobacco-store. 

In villages not provided with a post-ofiQce, the 
letter-box and the local tobacco store, where stamps 
are to be had, are generally to be found in the 
vicinity of the church. 

Telegraph Offices. 

T:§;le^graphe (Blue lamps outside). 

Hours: Summer, 7 a. m. ; "Winter, 8 a. m. till 9 
p. M. Sundays, till 6 p. m. 

The office at 4 Avenue de I'Opera, Paris, is open 
till 12 p. m. , also that of the Grand Hotel, Boule- 
vard des Capucines. The office at the Bourse 
(Stock-Exchange) is open all night. 

Telegraph and post offices are usually in the 
same building. Telegrams must be written in 
ink, not in pencil. If you cross out any words, 
you are required to state the fact and the number 
of words crossed out over your signature on the 
blank. Example; Biffe trois mots. John Q. 
Beanbody. Forms are to be found on tables, with 
pens which sometimes won't write. Minimum 
charge for France (20 words or less), o fr. 50. 
Each additional word, 5 centimes. For England, 
o fr. 20 per word. For New York, i fr. 25 per 
word from Paris. Special rates for every Ameri- 
can city. For instance, Chicago, i fr. 55 per 
word. No minimum, and codes may be freely 
used.* A telegram with "prepaid answer" is 
charged o fr. 50 cent, extra for ten words. The 
letters R. P. {reponse payee = "answer prepaid") 
to be written before the address ; they count as one 
word and are charged for. All telegrams to be 
signed, except those for foreign countries. A tele- 
gram to be called for can be sent Poste Restante 
or Telegraphe Rest ant. In large telegraph-offices 
in Paris, telegram cards for Paris (open, o fr, 30; 

* See Code at the end of this book. 



POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES 



67 



closed, o fr. 50) can be sent by pneumatic tube. 
They are supposed to be delivered within two 
hours. No limit to number of words. There is a 
special box for these cards, inside or outside the 
telegraph-office, and bearing the words: Cartes 
Telegrammes. These are to be obtained from the 
telegraph clerk. 



Post-Offices. 



Is there a post-office 
near here? 



Where is the General 
Post-Office? 

One postal-card for 
England, please. 



Two 5-cent stamps. 

Three 3-cent letter- 
cards. 



Four 5-cent letter- 
cards. 



Two postal cards with 
"reply." 



Will letters for England 
leave to-day? 



Bureaux de Poste. 
Bii-rod-post. 

Y a-t-il un bureau de 

poste par ici? 
ia-til U7i bii-rod-post pa- 

ri-si? 

Ou est la Grande Poste? 
00-e \k-gran^ post? 

Une carte postale pour 
I'Angleterre, s'il vous 
plait. 

iin cart pos-tal poor la7i- 
gle-ter, si-voo-ple. 

Deux timbres a cinq sous. 
de-^/>2br' a-.y/>/-soo. 

Trois cartes-lettres a trois 

sous, 
troa cart-letr' a-troa soo. 

Quatre cartes-lettres a 

cinq sous, 
cat cart-letr a-.y/7Z-soo. 

Deux cartes postales avec 

reponse. 
de-cart -pos-tal a-vec re- 

Pons. 

Les lettres pour I'Angle- 
terre partiront - e 1 1 e s 
aujourd' hui? 

le letr' poor /rt;/-gle-ter 
par - ti - ron-\.€\. 6-joor- 
dui? 



68 



POST, TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE 



Have you got any let- 
ters General Delivery 
for Mr. Jones? 



Have you got any let- 
ters General Deliverv 
initialed F.R.O.G.?' 



Please register this 
letter. 



"Will one stamp be 
sufficient? 



How 
to 
this? 



much have I got 
pay for sending 



Please give me a tele- 
graph blank. 



I wish to pay for the 
answer, twenty 
words. 

Please ring up Central, 
and ask to be con- 
nected wnth number 



All right, good -by. 



Avez-vous des lettres 
Poste-restante pour M. 
Jones?* 

a-ve-voo de-letr' post-res- 
tant poor Me-sie jons 
(not Z^jones) ? 

Avez-vous des lettres 
P o s t e -restante a u x 
initiales F.R.O.G. 

a-ve-voo-de-letr post-res- 
ort;?// o-zi-ni-sial, ef, er, 
o, je. 

Veuillez recommander 
cette lettre. 

ve-ie ve-co-man-de set- 
letr'. 

Un seul timbre suffira- 

t-il? 
2i;i-sel /mhr' sii-fi-ra-til? 
Combien faut-il payer 

pour envoy er 5a? 
con-\Am fo-til pe-ie poor 

ajt-YO-ie sa? 

Veuillez me donner une 

forme telegraphique. 
ve-iem'-don-ne iin form 

te-le-gra-fic. 
Je desire payer la re- 

ponse, vingt mots, 
je-de-zir-pe-ie la ve-pojiz 

vm-mo. 
Veuillez sonner le Bureau 

Central et demandez 

le numero . 

ve-ie s6n-ne le bii-ro sa7i- 

tral e 6.man-de le-nii- 

me-ro . 

Cela suffit, adieu, 
sla sii-fi, a-die. 



*Ifj^ou have no card with your name thereon, be careful 
to spell it and pronounce it in the French way. 



ABOUT HOTELS 

"Sare, eef you af no 'otel, I shall recommend you 
milor, to ze 'Otel Betfort, in ze Quay, close to ze 
bazing-machines and custom-ha-oose, goot bets 
and fine garten, sare: table d'hote, sare, a einq 
heures; breakfast, sare, in French or Amayrican 
style; — I am ze co)nniissio?iaire (porter), sare, 
and will see to your loggish." 

These cursed fellows, as Thackeray calls them, 
usually besiege you at Calais, Dieppe or Boulogne, 
when you land, and in fact, whenever you come 
out of a railway station in France. 

Many guides contain lists of "recommended" 
hotels, and the author usually assures us that this 
"recommendation" has not been paid for. It has 
been inserted, mind, for the sole benefit and wel- 
fare of the traveler, from the pure and unalloyed 
pleasure of making you snug and comfortable. 
vSo, you confidently step in, are sometimes uncom- 
fortable, often fleeced, and finally 3'ou swear at the 
guide and its author. 

"Attendance" and especially "light" (bougies) 
are the two items which often unduly raise the 
amount of the bill. Knowing the not unreason- 
able objection that American (and French) people 
have to paying i fr. 50 for using a penny-worth of 
candle, we advise you to always ask in advance 
that both these charges be included in the price of 
the rooms. 

At Petit Dejeuner, or what we call in America 
breakfast, the tourist may have either chocolate, or 
coffee and milk, or tea and milk, with bread and 
butter. 

At Dejeuner (luncheon) and Diner, wine or 
cider is included in the price, unless otherwise 
stated. Coffee is always considered an extra. 
The usual tip for a single meal at Table d'Hote is 
o fr. 30; for a day or two, i or 2 francs, to be 
divided between the chamber-maid and the waiter. 

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70 



ABOUT HOTELS 



In most hotels you are requested to put down 
your name in a book and to state whence you 
come {veil ant de), whither you are going {all ant 
a), your age {age), profession {profession), the 
place of your birth {lieu de naissaiice). This book 
is supposed to be inspected now and then by the 
police ; so, look out ! 



About Hotels, 



Where is the — Hotel? 



Can you tell me of a 
hotel where the 
charges are moder- 
ate? 

Can you tell me of a 
hotel at moderate 
charges, but very 
clean? 



Can you tell me of a 
hotel where you get 
good cooking? 



Can you tell me of a 
hotel near the rail- 
way? 



Can you tell me of a 
hotel where there is 
a table d'hote? 



Des Hotels. 
De-z6-tel. 

Ou se trouve I'Hotel 

du— ? 
oos-troov 16-tel dii — . 
Pouvez-vous m'indiquer 

un hotel pas trop cher? 
poo-ve-voo ;/^/;z-di-ke un- 

no-tel pa-tro-sher? 
Pouvez-vous m'indiquer 

un hotel pas trop cher, 

mais tres propre? 
poo-ve-voo ;;//7Z-di-ke 2in- 

no-tel pa-tro-sher, me 

tre-propr'? 

Pouvez-vous m'indiquer 

un hotel ou Ton mange 

bien? 
poo-ve-voo 7;z2>z-di-ke un- 

no - tel oo - lo7i man] 

hiin? 

Pouvez-vous m'indiquer 

un hotel pres du chemin 

de fer? 
poo-ve-voo ;///;/-di-ke 2/n- 

no-tel pre diish-;;«>zd- 

fer? 

Pouvez-vous m'indiquer 

un hotel oii il y ait une 

table d'hote? 
poo-ve-voo min-di-ke, un- 

no-tel ou-il-ie iin tabl' 

dot? 



ABOUT HOTELS 



71 



Can you tell me of a 
good ' ' I esty wrong ' ' 
at fixed price? 



Which way shall I (we) 
go? (see pp. 48, 49). 

Will you take me for 8 
francs a day, every- 
thing included? 



Can you give me a bed- 
room for the night? 



How much for a bed, 
light and attendance 
included? 



I propose to stay here 
two, three (see p. 17) 
days. 



What is the charge per 
day, everything in- 
cluded, with light 
and attendance? 



How much for bed and 
breakfast inclusive? 



Pouvez-vous m'indiquer 

un bon restaurant 

a prix-fixe? 
poo-ve-voo ;///;/-di-ke un 

bon res-to-ran a-pri- 

fix? 

Par ou faut-il al'er? 

(v. pp. 48, 49). 
pa-roo fo-ti-la-le? 

Pouvez-vous me recevoir 
pour huit francs par 
jour, tout compris? 

poo - ve - voo m er-se-voar 
poor ui/ran par joor, 
too-con-prU 

Pouvez-vous me donner 
une chambre pour la 
nuit? 

poo-ve-voo me do-ne iin 
s/ia7/hv' poor la-nlii? 

Combien une chambre, 
bougie et service 
compris? 

con-hu;i iin s//a;ihT' boo-ji 
e ser-vis con-prl} 

J'ai I'intention de rester 
ici, deux, trois (v. p. 17) 
jours. 

\Q.-lin-tan-9\on (,le-res-te 
i-si, de, troa, — joor. 

Combien la pension par 
jour, tout compris, 
bougie et service? 

co7i-\Am \2i-p (171-^x071 par 
joor, too-r^;/-pri, boo-ji 
e ser-vis? 

Combien pour la chambre 

et le petit dejeuner, 

tout compris? 
C07i-\)\i7i poor \^-sJia7i\ix' 

e lep-ti de-je-ne, too 

r^;/-pri? 



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ABOUT HOTELS 



Will you call me to- 
morrow at — o'clock? 



Have you got a railway 
time-table? 



I wish to wash my 
hands, where is my 
room? 



What floor? 
number? 



What 



At what o'clock is 
luncheon? 

At what o'clock is din- 
ner? 

Is the'"e a bath-room in 
the house? 



Where is the porter? 

Tell me where the W. 
C. is. 



I have got some bag- 
gage at the station, 
here is my check. 



Can I have my baggage 
in by to-night? 



Voulez-vous me reveiller 

demain a — heures? 
voo-le-voo me-re-ve-ie de- 

711111 a — er? 
Avez-vous un indicateur 

des chemins de fer? 
a-ve-voo z^;z-;z/;z-di-ca-ter 

de-she-;;//«d-fer? 

J'ai besoin de me laver 
les mains, ou est ma 
chambre? 

je be-zo/?z dem la-ve 16 
;///;/, oo e ma shanhr'l 

A quel etage? Quel 

numero? 
a-kel e-taj? Kel nii-me- 

ro? 

A quelle heure dejeune- 

t-on? 
a-kel er de-jen-/^*;/? 
A quelle heure dine-t-on? 
a-kel er din-/f;/? 

Y a-t-il une salle de bains 

dans la maison? 
ia-til iin sal de-bm dan la 

vah-sonl 

Ou est le portier? 
oo-el por-tie? 

Dites-moi ou sont les 

cabinets? 
dit-moa oo-soji le-ca-bi- 

ne? 

J'ai des bagages au 
chemin de fer, voici 
mon bulletin. 

je de-ba-gaj 6-she-?;?/;?d- 
fer, v6a-si nio?i biil-//;?. 

Puis-je avoir mes bagages 
ce soir? (see Traveling 
Requisites, p. 36). 

piiij a-v6ar me ba-gaj se- 
soar? 



ABOUT HOTELS 



73 



Tourists will often want to have some clothes 
washed. At most hotels they can get this doiie 
on the premises. If it is only a matter of wash- 
ing a few handkerchiefs, a pair of stockings, or the 
like, ask the chamber-maid. 



Where can I put my 
satchel? 



Might I have a flannel 
shirt washed? 



Might I have a pair of 
stockings washed? 



Will it be ready by to- 
morrow morning? 



It does not matter if it 
is not dry. 

— if it is not ironed. 

I have got a button to 
sew on, can you give 
me some thread and 
a needle? 



— white thread? — black? 

What's interesting to 
see here? 



Oil pourrais-je mettre ma 
valise? 

ou poo-re j metr' ma-va- 
liz? 

Mademoiselle, pourrais- 
je faire laver une che- 
mise de flanelle? 

mad-moa-zel, poo-re j fer 
la-ve iin she-miz de- 
fla-nel? 

]\Iademoiselle, pourrais- 
je faire laver une paire 
de bas? 

mad-raoa-zel, poo-rej fer 
la-ve iin per de-ba? 

Est-ce que cela sera pret 
pour demain matin? 

es-ke-s'!a sra-pre poor de- 
inin ma-//;^? 

Cela ne fait rien si ce 

n'est pas sec. 
slan-fe xxiii sis-ne pa-sec. 

— si ce n'est pas repasse. 
— sis ne pa-re-pa-se. 

J'ai un bouton a recou- 

dre, pouvez-vous me 

donner du fil et une 

aiguille? 
je - ten - hoo-toii ar-coodr' 

poo-ve-voom-do-ne dii- 

fil e-iin e-giiiye? 
— du fil blanc? — noir? 
— dii fil blan'^. — noar? 
Qu'y-a-t-il d'interessant 

a voir ici? 
kia-til dz'n -ie-re- san a 

voar i-si? 



BATHS 

The morning bath is an American institution, a 
fine one too, but from the fact that it is httle used 
in France it does not follow that the French 
never wash. Public baths are to be found in every 
town, and are patronized by all classes of society. 

A "complete" bath, in Paris, or in the prov- 
inces, includes Sifond de bain (large piece of linen 
covering the inside of the bath-tub), two or three hot 
or cold towels, and a sort of linen dressing-gown. 

The average cost is i fr. 50 (tip, 20 cent. ). 

In "simple" baths, y^/zrt'^ de bain and dressing- 
gowns are not provided. Always ask for a bai7i 
coniplet. 

Soap is generally to be had from the attendant. 

If you want ^^our hands to be white and fair, 
your complexion bright and clear, your skin as soft 
and smooth as velvet, and as fresh as seabreezes, 
you must expect to pay at least 2 fr. 50 per cake. 

Soaps, like ices, are manufactured in all sorts of 
colors and sizes. But if you are not particularly 
anxious that peop''e should recognize that the sort 
of soap you have been using was expensive when 
you.. shake hands with them, or say "Good morn- 
ing" to them, a five-cent cake will answer your 
purpose cleanly enough, and will float on water 
besides. 

At most public baths there is a chiropodist on 
the premises, who extracts corns, "while you 
wait." 

Baths. Bains. 

Bin. 

Where are the public Ou se trouvent les bains, 
baths, please? s. v. p.? 

oos-troov \e-bin, si-voo- 
ple? 
Are there any baths - Y a-t-il des bains par ici? 

near here? ia-til de-bin pa ri-si? 

A cold bath, complete. Un bain froid, complet. 

tin-bin froa <r^;z-ple« 
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BATHS 



75 



A warm bath, complete. 

Waiter, a piece of soap. 

Waiter — How do you 
like your bath, sir? 



Guest — Warm — hot — 
tepid — cold — nearly 
cold. 



W. — Would you like to 
have your linen now, 

sir? 

G. — Yes, please. 

W.— Will you kindly 
ring for your linen? 



G.— All right. Where 
is the W. C? 

G. (shouting) — Waiter! 
Waiter! I can't turn 
the tap, I shall be 
drowned and the 
room will be ilooded !* 



Un bain chaud, complet. 
ti7i-bin sho co7i-^\^. 
Gargon, un savon. 

Gargon — Comment 

vo u 1 e z - V o u s votre 

bain, monsieur? 
co-?na)i voo-le-voo vot- 

bni, m'sie? 
Client — Chaud, — t r e s 

chaud, — tiede, — froid, 

— presque froid. 
sho, — tre-sho, — tied, — 

froa, — presk froa. 
G. — Monsieur veut-il son 

linge maintenant? 

me - sie ve - til so7i - liii] 

mmt-Jia7t? 
C. — Je veux bien. 
je-ve-bi/;/. 
G. — Monsieur voudra 

bien sonner pour le 

linge? 
me-sie voo-dra hMfi so-ne 

poor \Q-lm]. 
C. — Bien. Ou sont les 

cabinets? 
hu7i. Oo-S07t le-ca-bi-ne? 

C. (criant) — Ga-rgon! 
Gar^on 1 je ne peux 
pas tourner le robinet, 
je vais me noyer et la 
salle de bain va etre 
inondee ! 

(crirt;/) ga.r-so7tl ga.r-so7il 
jen pe-pa-toor-ne le-ro- 
bi-ne, je-vem noa-ie e- 
la-sal de-bi7i va-etr' i- 

- 7i07i-de. 



*lf a Frenchman found himself in this awful predicament 
in England he would very likely cry out : I will be drowned, 
and the room s/ia/l be flooded. Bother the use of "shall" 
and 'will"! 



BARBERS 

The sign of a barber in France is not a pole 
painted red, white and blue, as in the United 
States, but a copper shaving-dish, hanging outside 
the shop. This, of course, in small cities and vil- 
lages — elsewhere there is only a regular sign over 
the door. 

You must not expect a French barber to cut 
your hair in ten minutes. Unlike his American 
brother, he is an artist, he is a Professor of 
Coiffure ! and he must be allowed a good half -hour 
for his work. If you want to have your beard cut 
as well, you must allow three-quarters of an hour. 
Of course, he will make himself very p''easant, and 
congratulate you on the color of your hair, if you 
have any left. Like his American confrere, he 
will probably draw your attention to the weather, 
and inform you that there has been a "fine shower 
after the rain." 

By this time he will certainly have discovered 
that your hair is falling out, and wnll offer you, as 
he is by business bound, all sorts and colors of 
washes. Now, please yourself, but these luxuries 
have to be paid for. Hereby hangs a ta'e which is 
not a stoi'y. 

An English gentleman of haughty mien — he was 
of royal descent, being (distantly) related to 
Edward III. — was, when in Paris, wont to pass 
himself off as a lord. His name was Robinson. 
(Milord Robinson sounds rather well in French.) 
One day he entered a barber shop on Place de la 
Madeleine. Two assistants pounced at once upon 
his lordship, and were soon engaged in pouring 
upon his royal head the most costly perfumes. As 
he had only studied French for ten years, and 
could only answer out to the questions put to him, 
he was somewhat surprised at receiving one franc 
change out of the napoleon (four-dollar gold piece) 
which he had carelessly thrown on the counter, 
and at being presented with a rather heavy parcel, 
consisting of valuable scent and of a never-failing 

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BARBERS 77 

hair restorer. Being a milord, he left the one 
franc change on the counter to the bowing assist- 
ants. But once out of the shop he uttered most 
unlordly words, and waxed very wroth, uttered 
great oaths in a very ungentlemanly way, and 
came back to England with an idea that French 
barbers are a sac re bad lot. 

If you should ever want a shave, and find 3-our- 
self in some far, far away country village in Nor- 
mandy or Brittany — and I am now addressing my 
brother cychsts — don't miss the possible chance of 
being performed upon by the local barber. He, or 
she, will most probab'.y introduce a spoon into 
your mouth, or, for want of this utensil, apply his, 
or her, thumb against your cheek — inside your 
mouth, of course — or pinch 3'our nose, just to pre- 
vent a gash on the cheek or upper lip. You will 
find this great fun. 

With a few exceptions payment is to be made at 
the counter. When the operation is over, the 
artist accompanies you to the cash-box, and the tip 
is given either to the man or lady in charge, or 
dropped into a .sort of urn placed for that purpose 
on the counter. 

The average charges made by first-class and 
second-class barbers are as follows: 

First-class. Second-class. 

Haircutting . o fr. 75 or i fr. o fr. 30 or o fr. 40 
Shaving . . o fr. 40 o fr. 20 

Beard . . . o fr. 60 o f r. 25 

Shampooing . o fr. 60 o fr. 40 

Tip . . . . o fr. 40 o fr. 20 

N. B. — In barber parlance, a complet is the 
name given to a series of operations, consisting in 
cutting the hair and beard, and in shampooing 
both with quinine, or portugal, or lilac water. 

Barbers. Coiffetrs. 

Coa-fer. 

Is there a hairdresser Y a-t-ilun coiffeur par ici? 

near here? ia-til 7t7i coa-fer pa-ri-si? 

Question. — The hair. Question. — Les cheveux 

sir? monsieur? 

Q. — lesh-ve, m'sie? 



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BARBERS 



Answer. — Yes. 



Q. — How do you like it? 
Rather short or very 
short? 



A. — No. Just trim it. 



Q. — Do you make a 
parting? 

A. — Yes, in the middle 
— on the right — on the 
left. 

Q. — Would you like to 
have your beard cut 
as well? 

A. — Yes, rather short 
at the sides, but don't 
you touch the mus- 
tache. 



Q. — Your hair is falling 
out, sir, would you 
like to be shampooed? 
— with quinine water? 
(o f r. 30. ) — with 
Portugal water? 
(o fr. 40). — with lilac 
water? (o fr. 75). 

Q. — A shampoo to the 
beard as well? 



Reponse. — Oui, les 

cheveux. 
R. — 001, lesh-ve. 

Q. — Comment les voulez- 
vous? Assez courts ou 
tres courts? 

Q. — co-man le-voo-le voo? 
a-se-coor 00 tre-coor? 

R. — Non, rafraichir 

seulement. 
R. — 7iojt, ra-fre-shir sel- 

man. 
Q. — Faites-vous une raie? 
Q. — fet-voo iin-re? 

R. — Oui, au milieu — a 
droite — a gauche. 

R. — 001, o-mi-lie— a-droat 
— a-gosh. 

Q. — Faut-il aussi vous 
tailler la barbe? 

Q. — fo-til o-si voo ta-ie la- 
barb? 

R. — Oui, assez courte sur 
les cotes, mais n' allez 
pas toucher a la mous- 
tache. 

R. — 001, a-se coort' siir 
le co-te, me na-le-pa 
too-she a-la moos-tash. 

Q. — Vos cheveux tom- 
bent, monsieur, voulez- 
vous une friction? — a 
la quinine? — au Portu- 
gal? — au lilas? 

Q. — vo-shve tojih, m' sie, 
voo-le-voo iin iric-slonl 
— a-la-ki-nin ? — 6-p6r- 
tii-gal? — o-li-la? 

Q. — Une friction a la 

barbe egalement? 
Q. — iin iriQ.-^wn a la-barb 
e-gal-;;z«;z? 



RESTAURANTS 

Voltaire sa3-s somewhere that the English have 
a hundred religions and one sauce, whereas the 
French have a hundred sauces and — no religion. 

There is a great deal of truth in this remark, 
especially as to the sauces, and an American who, 
for the first time, enters a French Bouillon 
(another name for a cheap restaurant a la carte) is 
sure to be bewildered by the number of dishes 
that are provided for the "inner man." Although 
most Americans (especially ladies) of the so-called 
upper class dress and eat in French, and are 
rather well up in dressmakers' parlance and in the 
names of dishes a la somebody or something, they 
will often come to grief in presence of a French 
menu. 

"What on earth can that be, I wonder?" is a 
phrase that I have pretty often heard falling from 
the lips of a puzzled American when gazing at a 
French bill of fare. But before I venture on a few 
explanations on the nature and composition of 
some French dishes, I should like to ask you, dear 
sir — or madam — just one question about a little 
French word you will have to use often, and which 
you might perhaps use wrongly. 

"What's the French for 'thank you'?" 

''iMerci, of course," you answer. 

"Well, you are wrong." 

"No, I am not!'' 

"Yes, you arc!'' and I'll prove it to you: 
Sapiens nihil affirniat qnod no7ip7-ohet. (Tumblez- 
vous?) 

I. A Frenchman named Durand, who had only 
been a few months in England, was asked to lunch 
one day by an English gentleman who was living 
in the same house. "Have you ever tasted 
curry?" said mine host. "No," answered the 
invited one. "Well, you shall have some, and I 
am sure you will like it." The guest got through 

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a large plateful, thinking all the while it was an 
awful mixture. There was sweat on his brow 
when he swallowed the last mouthful. Then came 
the usual question: "Have some more?" "Thank 
you," answered the thirsty guest, translating 
inerci literally, while he should have said: "No 
more, thank you." Then, to his horror, he found 
himself face to face with another plateful. He 
ate it, but he swore — that he would never touch 
curry again. "Thank you," then, is not always 
equivalent to viej-ci. Here endeth the first lesson. 

2. A famous Englishman named Jones — the 
name, I dare say, is familiar to you — was dining 
one day at the Restaurant de la Monnaie at Brus- 
sels. Although it hurt his insular pride, he con- 
fessed (to himself) that Belgian cooking ''savez- 
vous" was first-class and that the wine (drunk in 
Belgium, grown in France) was exquisite. 

Round came the waiter with the cheese ; good, 
honest-looking cheese it was, too. Quoth the 
man: Voulez-uoits dn fromage, m' sieu? — Merci, 
answered Sir W. Jones, who spoke the language 
fluently. And both waiter and cheese retreated to 
the kitchen, to the amazement of the Englishman, 
who would have liked to curse the one (as a 
matter of fact, he did) and to eat the other. 
Merci, therefore, is not equivalent to "thank you." 
Here endeth the second lesson. ''Et nunc 
ertidiniim!'' or in "U. S.": "And don't you 
forget it. ' ' 

MORAL. 

iT/<?;'r/ alone in French means, "No, thank you." 
"Thank you" is in French either oiii, je veux 
dieji, or out, inerci. Q. E. D. 

And never try to use nierci or the verb remercier 
in the sense of "I will thank you" when asking 
some one to pass you the bread or the sugar. 

The foreigner who thinks that Frenchies live 
almost exclusively on frogs will be sorely disap- 
pointed when he gets into a Paris restaurant, for it 
is a hundred to one that he will not find this 
delicacy on the menu. (Don't you sneer when I 
say "delicacy"! If you only knew!!) But there 
are heaps of other dishes that will enable him 



RESTAURANTS 8l 

to stay his hunger in a Christian and gentle 
way. 

If you are staying in a provincial town, the best 
arrangement is to put up at some hotel (see p. 70). 
In Paris tourists will find it both economical and 
convenient to hire a furnished room for a week or 
two in an Hotel Meitble (furnished apartments) 
and to take their meals wherever the}' happen to 
be in the course of the day. In all Bouillons a 
good, substantial meal can be had for 2 fr, 50 or 
3 fr. Some Marcha7ids de viii, or bar-restaurants, 
deserve also to be patronized, but cannot be recom- 
mended as a whole. Never go to a railway 
refreshment-room, unless you are very much 
pressed by time or hunger, as when actually "en 
route. ' ' 

Tourists who are passing through a town at 
lunch time (from 11 to 12) will do well to go to a 
table d'hote where a good dejeuner, consisting of 
four or five courses, is to be had for 2 fr. 50 or 3 
fr. In Normandy and Brittany cider is usually 
included in the price. At first-class tables d'hote 
wine only is served, and has to be paid for. In 
Auhcrgcs (inns) where there is accommodation 
for man and beast {Ici, on loi!^c a pied et a chc7'al) 
cyclists, tourists and dogs will find cheap and 
generally good fare. 

N. B. — The average tip for a meal of 2 fr. 50 or 
3 fr. is 25 or 30 centimes. In Paris Bouillons you 
may pay to the waiter or waitress and get the bill 
''eturned to you with "paid" {paye) on it, or pay it 
at the cashier's ofifice {Caissc), but before 3'ou go 
out. In any case, the bill is to be handed over to 
the man or woman at the door. This is the rule 
in Bouillons only, not in the ordinary restaurants. 



Restaurants. Restaurants. 

Res-t6-rrt«. 

N. B. — The following list includes most of the 
dishes that are served up in good middle-class 
restaurants. Un or U7ie, before names of relishes 
or side-dishes, do not imply that you get only one 
radish, sardine, etc., but means a plate of them. 



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Side Dishes. 

Anchovies. 
Butter. 
Radishes. 
Sardines. 
Smoked sausage. 



HoRS d'geuvre. 

Or-devr'. 

Un anchois. 
iin-nan-shoa. 

Un beurre. 
i^n ber. 

Un radis. 
t^n ra-di. 

Une sardine, 
iin sar-din. 

Un saucisson. 
t/n s6-s,i-so7i. 



Soups. Potages. 

P6-taj. 

Broth (no bread crumbs). Un consomme. 

i/n con-s6-me. 

Soups with chips of 

vegetables. 
Soup made of early 
vegetables. 



Une soupe a la julienne, 
iin soop a-la-jii-lien. 

Une soupe a la prin- 

taniere. 
iin soop^r/;z-ta-nier. 



Fish. 

Eel — sauce made of 
yolk of an egg with 
oil, vinegar, salt, pep- 
per, sweet herbs and 
mustard. 

Eel — sauce made of 
butter, bay leaves, 
parsley, pepper and 
wine. 

Fresh cod. 

Fried sole. 

Frogs — cream, butter, 
yolk of an egg. 



POISSONS. 

Foa-son. 
Une a n g u i 1 1 e sauce 

tartare. 
iin an-giye sos tar- tar. 



Une matelote d'an- 

guilles. 
iin mat-lot-(r/a?Z"giye. 

Du cabillaud. 
dii ca-bi-io. 

Une sole frite. 
iin sol frit. 

Des grenouilles, sauce 

poulette. 
de gre-nooye sos-poo-let. 



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83 



Grilled mackerel with 
butter. 



Half a dozen oysters. 

Lobster. 

One dozen oysters. 

Red mullet. 

Salmon. 

Skate fried in browned 
butter. 

Skate with cream sauce. 

Smelts. 
Snails!'.! 

Sole cooked in white 
wine and done brown 
with bread crumbs. 

Tuibot. 

Whiting. 

Eggs. 

A boiled egg. 
Boiled eggs. 
Plain omelet. 



Un maquereau a la 

maitre d'hotel. 
//;^-ma-kro a-la metr' do- 

tel. 
Une demi-douzaine 

d'huitres. 
un de-mi-doo-zen diiitr'. 

Du homard. 
dii 6-mar. 

Une douzaine d'huitres. 

tin doo-zen-diiitr'. 

Un rouget. 

it7i roo-je. 

Du saumon. 

dii ^0-1)1071. 

De la raie au beurre 

noir. 
dla re-6-ber noar. 

De la raie a la sauce 

blanche, 
dla re-a-la-sos bia?ish.. 
Des eperlans. 
de-se-per-A?;?. 

Des escargots ! ! I 
de-ses-car-go. 

Une sole au gratin. 
lin sol o-gra-tm. 

Du turbot. 
dii tiir-bo. 
Un merlan. 
un-mhr-lan. 

CEuFS. 
E. 
Un oeuf a la coque. 
iiu nef a-la-c6k. 

Des oeufs a la coque. 
de-ze a-la-c6k. 

Une omelette nature, 
lin om-let na-tiir. 



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RESTAURANTS 



An omelet with herbs. 

An omelet with jam. 

An omelet with kirsch. 
An omelet with rum. 
A savory omelet. 
Fried eggs. 

Beef, Etc. 

Beef cooked in pot with 

carrots. 
Beefsteak. 

Boiled beef. 

Fillet of roast beef. 

Leg of mutton. 

Mutton chop. 

Piece of meat from the 
ribs. 

Shoulder of mutton. 

Calf's brains fried ' in 
browned butter. 

Calf's head. 

Stewed kidneys. 



Une omelette aux fines 

herbes. 
iin om-let o-fin-zerb. 
Une omelette aux 

confitures, 
iin om-let o-con-fi-tur. 
Une omelette au kirsch, 
iin om-let o-kirsh. 
Une omelet au rhum. 
iin om-let 5-r6m. 

Une omelette au sucre. 
iin om-let o-siicr'. 

Des oeufs sur le plat, 
de-ze siir le-pla. 

BcEUF, Etc. 
Bef. 

Du boeuf a la mode. 

dii bef a-la-mod. 

Un bifteck. 

un-hif-tec. 

Du b(£uf bouilli. 

dii bef boo-j^i. 

Du filet de boeuf roti. 
dii fi-led-bef ro-ti. 

Du gigot. 
dii-ji-go. 

Une cotelette de mouton. 
iin cot-let de-moo- fo 71. 

Une entrecote. 

iin-«/z-tre-cot. 

De I'epaule de mouton, 

de-le-pol de moo-ton. 

De la cervelle au beurre 

noir. 
dla ser-vel 6-ber-n6ar. 
De la tete de veau. 
dla tet de vo, 
Un rognon saute. 
un-To-nio?i so-te. 



RESTAURANTS 



85 



Larded veal. 
Roast kidney. 
Sweetbread. 
Veal cutlet. 
Veal with sorrel. 
Roast veal. 
Black pudding. 
Sausage with cabbage. 



Un fricandeau. 
tin-ivi-can-do. 

Un rognon brochette. 
uft-r6-n\07i bro-shet 

Un ris de veau. 

2/;/-rid-v6. 

Une cotelette de veau. 

tin cot-let de-vo. 

Du veau a I'oseille. 

dii-v^o alo-seye. 

Du veau roti. 

dii v6 ro-ti. 

Du boudin noir. 

dvi-hoo-difi noar. 

Une saucisse aux choux. 

iin-s5-sis 6-shoo. 



Game. 



Duck with green peas. 



Jugged hare. 

Partridge with cab- 
bage. 

Stewed rabbit. 



GiBIER. 

Ji-bie. 

Du canard aux petits 

pois. 
dii-ca-nar 6p-ti-p6a. 

Du civet de lievre. 
dii-si-ve de-lievr'. 

Une perdrix aux choux. 
lin-per-dri o-shoo. 
Du lapin saute, 
dii-la-//;/ so-te. 



Poultry. 
Giblets of fowls. 
Goose. 
Larks. 
Pigeon. 



VOLAILLE. 

Vo-laye. 

Des abatis de volailles. 
de-za-ba-tid- vo-laye. 

De I'oie. 

de-16a. 

Des alouettes. 

de-za-loo-et. 

Un pigeon. 

un-'^i-Jon. 



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RESTAURANTS 



Plover. 

Quail. 

Roast fowl. 

Chicken fricassee. 

Thrush. 

Turkey. 

Vegetables. 
Artichokes. 
Asparagus. 
Cauliflower. 
French beans. 
Fried potatoes. 
Green peas with sauce. 

Haricot beans. 
Mashed potatoes. 
Stewed potatoes.- 
Stewed salsify. 
Sorrel with sauce. 
Spinach with sauce. 



Un pluvier. 
nn-plu-vie. 

Une caille. 
iin-caye. 
Du poulet roti. 
dii-poo-le ro-ti. 

Une fricassee de pou'et. 
iin-fri-ca-sed-poo-le. 

Une grive. 
iin-griv. 

Du din don. 
dvL-dm-don. 

Legumes. 
Le-giim. 

Des artichauts. 
de-sar-ti-sho. 

Des asperges. 
de-sas-perj. 

Du chou-fleur. 
dii choo-fler. 

Des haricots verts, 
de-a-ri-ko-ver. 

Des pommes frites. 
de-pom frit. 

Des petits pois. a la 

frangaise. 
de p'ti-poa SL-\a.-/ran-sez. 

Des haricots blancs. 
de a-ri-c6-d/an. 
Une pomme puree, 
iin-pom pii-re. 

Des pommes sautees. 
de-p6m-so-te. 

Des salsifis sautes, 
de-sal-si-fi so-te. 

De I'oseille au jus. 
de 16-seye 6-jii. 
Des epinards au jus. 
de-se-pi-nar o-ju. 



RESTAURANTS 



87 



Dessert. 
Apple. 
Currant jam. 

A peach. 
A pear. 
Plums. 
Prunes. 
Stewed apples. 

Strawberries. 

White grapes — black. 

Ice cream. 



Dessert. 
De-ser. 

Une pomme. 

iin-pom. 

De la confiture de 

groseiVes. 
d\sL-co;i-fi -tur de-gro-zey e. 

Une peche. 
iin-pesh. 

Une poire, 
iin-poar. 

Des prunes, 
de-priin. 

Des pruneaux. 
de-prii-no. 

De la marmelade de 

pommes. 
de la-mar-me-lad de-pom. 

Des fraises. 
de-frez. 

Des raisins blancs — 

noirs. 

de-re- ^-/Vz d/an — noar. 

Une glace. 

iin glas. 



In a Restaurant. 



Au Restaurant. 
O-res-to-nui . 



Waiter, the bill of fare, Gargon, la carte, s'il vous 
please. plait. 

gav-soH, la-cart' si-voo- 
ple. 
The menu, miss, please. Mademoiselle, le menu, 

s. V. p. 
mad-moa-zel, lem-nii, 
s. V. p. 
The wine-list, please. La carte des vins, s. v. p 

la-cart de-v/n. 

A steak, underdone. Un bifteck saignant. 

//;/-bif-tek se-nuiH. 



RESTAURANTS 



A steak, to a turn. 
A steak, well done. 
Have you an}' beer? 
Give me some water. 
Give me some bread. 
Give me some pepper. 
Give me some salt. 
Give me a knife. 
Give me a fork. 

Give me a spoon. 
Give me a teaspoon. 

Give me a napkin. 

Coffee in a cup. 

Coffee in a glass. 

Coffee and cognac. 

Coffee and milk. 

Give me some coppers. 

There is a mistake in 
the bill. 



Un bifteck a point. 
Mn-hif-tek a pom. 

Un bifteck bien cuit. 
z^«-bif-^ek him ciii. 

Avez-vous de la biere? 
a-ve-voo dla-bier. 

Donnez-moi de I'eau. 
do-ne-moa de-16. 
Donnez-moi du pain, 
do-ne-moa diVi-pin. 
Donnez-moi du poivre. 
do-ne-moa dii poavr'. 
Donnez-moi du sel. 
do-ne-moa-dii-se] . 
Donnez-moi un couteau. 
do-ne-moa iin-Q.oo-\.o. 

Donnez-moi une four- 

chette. 
do-ne-moa iin-foor-shet. 

Donnez-moi une cuillere. 
do-ne-moa iin cii-ier. 

Donnez-moi une cuillere 

a cafe. 

do-ne-moa iin cii-ier a- 
ca-fe. 

Donnez-moi une ser- 
viette. 

do-ne-moa iin-ser-viet. 

Un cafe dans une tasse. 

?/«-ca-fe (r/^?;z-ziin-tas. 

Un cafe dans un verre. 

jrn-csi-ie dan-suii-whx. 

Un cafe cognac. 
?/;/-ca-fe-co-n3^ak. 

Un cafe creme. 
?/;/-ca-fe-crem. 

Donnez-moi des sous, 
do-ne-moa de-soo. 

II y a erreur dans 

I'addition. 
il-ia-er-rer dan-\2i-^-^\on. 



RESTAURANTS 



89 



Can I leave my bag 
here for two hours? 



I want to see the man- 
ager. 

At what time do you 
open in the morning? 

When do j-ou close? 

Can I get a cup of 
chocolate or coffee 
here, in the morning? 



Can T have my letters 
addressed here? 



Can I leave a note here 
for a friend of mine? 



Waiter, where is the 

wash-hand stand?* 
Where is the W. C. ?t 



Puis-je laisser mon sac 
ici pendant deux 
heures? 

pui j le - se mon - sac - isi 
pandaji de-zer? 

Je voudrais voir le gerant. 

je-voo-dre voar le-je-r^?;/. 

A quelle heure ouvrez- 

vous, le matin? 
a-ke-ler 00-vre voo, le- 

ma-//>/? 
Quand fermez-vous? 
f^?;/-fer-me-voo? 
Puis-je avoir une tasse 

de chocolat ou de cafe 

ici, le matin? 
puij avoar tin tas de-sho- 

c6-la 00 de-ca-fe i-si, le- 

ma-//;z? 
Puis-je me faire adresser 

des lettres ici? 
piiij me-fer a-dre-se de 

letr' i-si? 
Puis-je laisser un mot ici 

pour un de mes amis? 
puij le-se un-vao i-si poor 

iin de-me-za-mi? 
Gargon, ou est le lavabo? 
gar-s^^/z oo-e le-la-va-bo? 
Ou sont les cabinets? 
00-son le ca-bi-ne? 



In the Cotntry. 

Could you direct me to 
a place where I could 
find something to eat? 



A J,A CAMI'AliNE. 

a-la-cam-pa-n. 

Pourriez-vous m'indiquer 
ou je pourrais trouver 
a manger? 

poo-rie-voo ;;//>/-di-ke ooj- 
poo-re troo-ve a-n/an-je? 



* In country places and small inns or restaurants, it is 
called la fontaine. 

+ Dont be afraid of putting the question to the girl who 
is waiting on you. In French the use of any word is unob- 
jectionable, as long as the purpose is proper. 



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RESTAURANTS 



Could you give me 
something to eat? 



Have you got any eggs? 

Could you make me an 
omelet of three *or 
four eggs? 



Give me 
wine. 



a bottle of 



Pourriez-vous me donner 

quelque chose a man- 
ger? 
poo-rie-voo me do-ne kel- 

ke shoz Si-inan-]el 
Avez-vous des ceufs? 
a-ve-voo-de-ze? 
Pouvez-vous me faire une 

omelette de trois ou 

quatre ceufs? 
poo-ve-voo me-fer iin om- 

let de troa oo catr' e? 
Donnez-moi une bou- 

teille de vin. 
do-ne-moa iin boo - teye 

de-'Z''/;/. 
Donnez-moi un litre de 

cidre. 
do-ne-moa un litr de- 

sidr'. 
Avez-vous du beurre? — 

du fromage?-des fruits? 

— de la salade? 
a-ve-voo dii-ber? — dii f ro- 

maj? — de-friii? — de-la- 

sa-lad? 
Donnez-moi ce que vous 

avez, n'importe quoi. 
do-ne-moa ske-voo-za-ve, 

nin-yorV koa. 
Ou puis-je mettre ma 

machine? 
oo piiij' metr' ma-ma- 
shin? 
Est-elle en surete, a la 

porte? 
e-tel «;/-siir-te, a-la-p6rt'? 

As you are likely to be served by the landlady 
herself, no tip should be given. If you wish to be 
pleasant, ask the landlord to prendre un verre 
(have a drink), and tip the landlady's little boy a 
penny. Your meal will be all the better, and, 
very likely, the cheaper. 

N. B. — For the names of dishes, see p. 83. For 
the names of drinks, see p. 93. 



Give me a litre (one 
pint and three quar- 
ters) of cider. 

Have you any butter? — 
any cheese? — fruit? — 
fruits? — salad? 



Give me anything you 
have. 



Where can 
machine? 



I put my 



Will it be all right out- 
side? 




pavilion cle fi 



Inisfere cles Colonies 




jytouiin rouge. 



CAFES 

Drinks of all kinds, but only drinks, are seived 
in cafes, unless they are cafes- restaurants. In 
large towns, most cafes of any pretension have 
a ierrasse (te-ras), i.e., a place outside with chairs, 
tables, and an awning. 

On going into or out of a cafe, it is customary 
to raise one's hat to the lady-cashier at the counter. 

One way of calling the waiter is to shout g argon 
{<g2iX-son — lay a forcible stress on the so7i) or to 
knock on the table with the handle of a stick or 
umbrella. If you are outside, on the fer?'asse, 
give a knock against the pane, but gently. The 
price of those windows or panes, as you are per- 
haps aware, generally varies directly as the cube 
of their area, as mathematicians would say. 

The waiter usual h' answers the call by bellowing 
out, ''voila" (= coming), or simply "Oh" (which 
does not mean that he is suffering bodily pains ; 
nor does it correspond to the resurrection of the 
Latin O, which started about six years ago in 
Cincinnati, O., or some other place in O-hi-O, 
and which is running its course like the measles 
all over the U. S., where the O ! John, O ! Henry, 
O! Bill, O! Peter have effectually displaced the 
old worn-out "say, John," etc., and the more 
modern and insolent "I say, John," etc.). He then 
comes round with a qii" est-ce qii'il fatit vous 
scrvir? or. que pretiez-voiis? (What will 3-ou have?) 

In all cafes you ma.y ask for writing materials. 
Cards, dominoes, chess, billiards (without pockets) 
are played. For the latter a charge of from o fr. 
30 to o fr. 50 per hour is usually made. News- 
papers, cigars (cigarettes in packets only) are also 
procurable. Also stamps, generally. Tip, not 
less than 2 cents (10 centimes) per person in good 
middle-class cafes ; 4 cents (20 centimes) at least 
in swell places. As no charge is made for paper, 
ink and pen, it is usual to tip the waiter a few 
cents extra when use has been made of them. In 
most cafes there is a letter-box. 

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92 



CAFKS 



At a Cafe. 

(Before Lunch or 
Dinner.) 



A glass of water. 
A glass of seltzer. 

Waiter, a vermouth, 
straight. (o fr. 30) 

Waiter, a vermouth, 
with syrup. 

(o fr. 30) 

Waiter, a vermouth, 
with curagao. 

(o fr. 40) 

Waiter, a glass of 

Madeira. (o fr. 60) 

Waiter, a glass of 

Malaga. (o fr. 60) 



Au Cafe. 

O-ca-fe. 

(Avant le Dejeuner 

ou le Diner.) 

Si-van le-de-je-ne 

00 le-di-ne. 

Un verre d'eau. 

Mil ver do. 

Une eau de seltz. 

iin 6d selts. 

Gargon, un vermouth sec. 

gSiT-son, un ver-moot sec. 

Gargon, un vermouth 
gomme. 

%2iX-son, un ver-moot go- 
me. 

Gargon, un vermouth 
curagao. 

g2Jx:-son, tin ver-moot kii- 
ra-so. 

Garcon, un Madere. 
^r-son, un ma-der. 

Gargon, un Malaga,. 
g2iX-son, un m,a-la-ga. 



(After Lunch or 
Dinner. ) 



Waiter, a cup of coffee, 
(o fr. 30) 

Waiter, a cup of coffee 
in a glass. 

(o fr. 30) 

Waiter, a cup of coffee 
in a cup. 

(o fr. 30) 

Waiter, a cup of coffee 
with milk. (o fr. 30) 



(Apres le Dejeuner 
ou le Diner. ) 
a-pre le-de-je-ne- 
00 le-di-ne. 
Gargon, un cafe, 
gar-j-^'/z, tin ca-fe. 
Gargon, un cafe, dans un 

verre. 
gar-Jt";?, U7i ca-fe dan- 
zun ver. 

Gargon, un cafe, dans 

une tasse. 
^x-soji, un ca-fe dan^ 

ziin tas. 
G argon, un cafe creme. 
%2^x-so7i, ttn ca-fe crem. 



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93 



Waiter, a glass of rum. Gargon, 

(o fr. 30) gav-son. 

Waiter, a glass of cog- G argon, 

nac. (o fr. 30) gar-son, 

Waiter, a glass of old Gargon, 

cognac. (o fr, 50) gar-son. 

Waiter, a glass of char- Gargon, 

treuse. (o fr. 75) gar-son, 

Waiter, a glass of bene- G argon, 

dictine. (o fr. 60) gar-so/i. 

Waiter, a glass of Gargon, 

kummel. (o fr. 50) gar-i-^^, 

Waiter, a glass of gin. Gargon, 

(o fr. 40) gar-son, 

Waiter, a pot of tea. G argon, 

(o fr. 75) gar-son. 

Waiter, a pot of tea Gargon, 

with rum. (o fr. 75) gar-son, 

Waiter, a pot of tea Gargon, 

with milk, (o fr. 75) gar-son, 



un rhum. 
un rom. 

un cognac. 
i^n c6-niac. 

une fine, 
iih fin. 

une chartreuse, 
iin char-trez. 

une benedictine. 
Un be-ne-dic-tin. 

un kummel. 
zm kii-mel. 
un genievre. 
zi/i ge-nyevr. 

un the. 

un te. 

un the au rhum. 

tin te-o-roni. 

un the au lait. 

un te-6-le. 



(In the Afternoon or 
Evening. ) 

Waiter, a glass of beer, 
(o fr. 30) 
Waiter, a glass of lemon 
juice. (o fr. 40) 

Waiter, a glass of gren- 
adine, (o fr. 30) 
Waiter, a glass of gren- 
adine with kirsch. 

(o fr. 40) 

Waiter, a glass of pep- 
permint, straight" 

(o fr. 30) 
Waiter, a glass of pep- 
permint with water, 
(o fr. 30) 



(L'Apres-midi ou 

le Soir.) 

la pre-mi-di-ool-soar. 

Gargon, un bock. 
gar-son, titt-hoc. 
Gargon, une citronade. 
gar-son, iin-si-tro-nad. 
Gargon, une grenadine. 
gar-son, iin gre-na-din. 

Gargon, une grenadine 

au kirsch. 
gar-^o?i, iin gre-na-din 

o-kirsh. 

Gargon, une m e n t h e 

seche. 
gar-son, iin jnant sesh. 

Gargon, une menthe a 

I'eau. 
gar-son, iin niant a-l5. 



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CAF^S 



Waiter, 
]ate. 



cup of choco- 
(o fr. 60) 

Waiter, a bottle of 
champagne. 



Gargon, un chocolat. 
gar-son, 2/;2-sh6-c6-la. 

Gargon, une bouteille de 
champagne. 

gar-son, iin boo-teye de 
shdn-panyQ. 

N. B. — The prices given in brackets are those 
charged in good middle-class cafes, either in Paris 
or in provincial towns. 

In French cafes the customer sits down to 
imbibe whatever he has ordered. Only in the 
wine shops for the working classes, or in so-ca.l]ed 
"American bars," are drinks served and drunk at 
the counter. 



Miscellaneous., 

A friend of mine was to 
meet me here ; I can- 
not wait for him any 
longer. If he calls, 
please hand him this 
note. 



Waiter, give me an illus- 
trated paper. 



Waiter, give me sume 
ink and paper. 



Have you got a stamp? 

Is there a letter-box 
here? 



Divers. 
Di-ver. 

Un de mes amis devait 
me rejoindre ici. Je ne 
peux I'attendre plus 
longtemps. S'il vient, 
ayez I'obligeance de 
lui remettre ce billet. 

un dme-za-mi de-vem-re- 
]oin - dr' i-si. Jen - pe 
la-ta;zdr '^"v^-\on-\^an. 
Sil vlin e-ie lo-bli-j^/zs 
de-liiir-metr' se bi-ie. 

Gargon, donnez-moi un 

journal illustre. 
gar-son, do-ne-moa un- 

joor-nal i-llis-tre. 

Gar§on, donnez-moi de 

quoi ecrire, s'il vous 

plait. 
gar-son, do-ne-moa de- 

koa e-crir, si-voo-ple. 
Avez-vous un timbre? 
a-ve-voo nn-tijibr' ? 
Y a-t-il une boite aux 

lettres ici? 
ia-til iin-boat o-letr' i-si? 



TOBACCO STORES 

Tobacco, like colors and things to eat and drink, 
is a matter of taste which it would be idle to dis- 
pute about: De gustibus, color ibus et . . . 
tobacco non est dis/)iitandii)n. 

Of course, the French "stuff" is a thoroughly 
despicable thing in the eyes of any decent Ameri- 
can. I beg to reserve judgment, and not to give 
my casting vote. But it is just possible that 
tobacco to you is 

" Sweet when the morn is gray. 
Sweet when they've cleared away 
lyuuch, and at close of day 
Possibly sweetest " 

And if so, and you have been unable to smuggle 
into anti-free-trade France a sufHcient supply, you 
will be tempted (or compelled, or eager) to try the 
article which in France is distributed by the 
government alone. 

The sign of a tobacco store in villages and small 
towns is a small red cask, painted over with pipes 
and playing-cards. It is hung up at the entrance 
of the shop, often a grocer's shop, with the usual 
displa}^ of cigar-cases and pipes, of the church- 
warden description, in the window. 

In Paris a tobacco store ( Tabac or Ihireau de 
Tabac) is easily recognized by the red lamp out- 
side. Red is also the official color of police sta- 
tions {Conunissariats de police). Do not confound 
these two establishments ! 

There is, in Paris, a tobacco store which I'm 
afraid (why am I afraid?) I must recommend — 
free of charge — to foreigners, and that is La 
Civette. It is on the Place dii Theatre Fran- 
(aise, opposite the omnibus station. It is con- 
sidered the best place in Paris for tobacco and 
cigars, domestic and imported. 

Tobacco is commonly sold in packages of o fr. 50 

95 



g6 TOBACCO STORES 

and o fr. 80, but you can also ask for 10, 15, 20, 
25, etc., centimes* worth of the same. 

A packet of Scaferlati ordmaire costs o fr. 50 
(gray paper). 

A packet of Scaferlati superieur costs o fr. 80 
(blue paper). 

A packet of Maryland costs o fr. 80 (yellow 
paper). 

You can get cigars for o fr. 5 or o fr. 10, and, 
truly, they are no worse than many of those for 
which you pay 5 cents in the States. The 
demi-lo7idr^s (o fr. 15) is smokable, and the 
Londres is a thoroughly good weed ... if dry, 
far superior to what is sold in America . . . but, 
hush, this is again a matter of smoke. 

Cigarettes are sold in packets of 20, at o fr. 50; 
o fr. 60 ; o fr. 70 ; o fr. 80, according to the quality 
of Scaferlati, of which they are made. 

Hand-made cigarettes are now to be found at 
most tobacconists'. Cigarettes are never sold one 
or two at a time. 

French matches enjoy a w^orld-wide reputation 
for badness. But you can't possibly realize how 
bad they are, especially the sulphur ones (/. e., 
those which won't light, whether you rub them 
gently or roughly on the box) until 3^ou have tried 
them. So buy a box of these for fun — not for 
light ; but for fear of using bad language, only do 
so when you are in a good temper, by no means 
otherwise. Remember that a box of a thousand 
only costs 5 cents in New York aiid does not take 
up much room in a great-coat pocket. Of course, 
you will pay the slight custom-house duty. But, 
for your own sake, don't support our home 

INDUSTRIES. 

At all tobacco stores you can find postage 
stamps, postal and letter-cards and a letter-box. 
But as the letter-box is carefully hidden away in 
the front of the shop — French people are so prac- 
tical, you know! — it is probable that you will miss 
the tiny aperture of the tiny box, if you don't 
search for it energetically. 

Playing-cards and stamped paper (for drafts, 
legal documents, etc.) are also found here. 



TOBACCO STORES 



97 



Tobacconists. 

Where is there a tobac- 
conist, if you please? 



A lo-cent packet of 
tobacco. 



A packet of superior 
Scaferlati. 



A packet of Maryland. 

A packet of cigarettes 
at lo cents. 



A packet of cigarettes 
at 12 cents. 



A packet of cigarettes 
at 70 centimes (14 
cents). 

A packet of cigarettes 
at 16 cents. 



A packet of hand-made 
cigarettes, at 50, 60, 
80 centimes. 



A packet of Havana 
cigarettes. 

A 2-cent cigar. 



Marchands de Tabac. 
MsiT-s/iaji de-ta-ba. 

Ou y a-t-il un bureau de 

tabac, s. v. p.? 
00 ia-til ?/;^-bii-r6d-ta-ba, 

si-voo-ple? 

Un paquet de tabac a 
cinquante. 

z/;z-pa-ked - ta - ba a sin- 
cant. 

Un paquet de Scafer- 
lati superieur. 

U7t - pa - ked - sea- fer-la-ti 
sii-pe-ri-er. 

Un paquet de Maryland. 
?/;/-pa-ked-ma-ri- /<?;/. 

Un paquet de cigarettes 

a cinquante. 
z^;z-pa-ked-si-ga-ret a.-shi- 

canX.. 

Un paquet de cigarettes 

a soixante. 
z^;^-pa-ked-si-ga-ret a-soa- 

sanX.. 

Un paquet de cigarettes 

a soixante dix. 
z^«-pa-ked si-ga-ret I soa- 

sant dis. 
Un paquet de cigarettes 

a quatre-vingts. 
^^;z-pa-ked-si-ga-ret a-ca- 

\XQ-V111. 

Un paquet de cigarettes 
faites a la main, a 50, 
60, 80. 

2/;/-pa-ked-si-ga-ret fet a- 
\si-?nm, a 50, 60, 80. 

Un paquet de cigarettes 

Havane. 
7/;z-pa-ked-sI.ga-ret a-van. 

Un cigar de dix centimes. 
z/;/-si-gar de-di-jrrt;/-tim. 



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TOBACCO STORES 



Two demi-londres. 

Three londres. 

Abox of Swedish 
matches. (o fr. lo) 

A box of wax matches, 
(o fr. 15) 

Abox of common 
matches. (o fr. lo) 



A box of fusees. 

(o fr. lo) 
Is there anything else? 

No, thanks, that's all. 

Let me look at some 
pipes, — clay, — briar, 
— meerschaum. 



These cigars look very 
strong. 



I like them m^ i 1 d , 
medium. 



How much a dozen, a 
box? 



We have no imported 
cigars. 



Deux demi-londres. 

ded-mi-Zf^/z-dres. 

Trois londres. 

troa /6'7z-dres. 

Une boite d'allumettes 

suedoises. 
tin boat da-lii-met siie- 

doaz. 
Une boite d'allumettes 

bougies, 
tin boat-da-lii-met boo-ji. 
Une boite d'allumettes 

ordinaires. 
iin boat-da lii-met or-di- 

ner. 
Une boite de tisons. 
iin b6sit-de-ii-s07i. 
Et avec ga? 
e-a-vec-sa? 
C'est tout, merci. 
se-too mer-si. 
Montrez-moi des pipes en 

terre, — en bruyere, — 

en ecume. 
/non-tre-Tnoa. de pip an 

ter, — «;? brii-yer, — an 

e-kiim. 

Ces cigares ont I'air 

d'etre tres forts, 
se-si-gar on ler detr' tre 

for. 

Je les prefere legers, 

demi-forts. 
je-le pre-fer le-je, de-mi- 

for. 
Combien la douzaine, la 

boite? 
con -him la-doo-zen, la 

boat? 
Nous n'avons pas de 

cigares etrangers. 
noo-na-von pad-si-gar e- 

tran-je. 



WITH THE DOCTOR 



It is all very well to sit upon doctors and say 
they are no good, when you feel as fit as a fiddle, 
but if you find yourself seriously ill, especially if 
you are alone in a big town, the iDCst thing for you 
to do is to have yourself taken to a hospital, and 
try to get admitted there. It is safer and cheaper 
iu everyway. If you should "kick the bucket," 
or as the French phrase runs, "break your pipe," 
you have a chance of being buried at the expense 
of the State. How nice! And, what is really 
unique, this end may be attained without having 
to tip any one ! 

If you are only seedy, or not up to par, and if 
the various pick-me-ups to be had in French cafes 
have not set you right, send for a doctor, or better 
still, go and see one yourself. 

In Paris and large towns the usual fee is 5 or 10 
fr., and in most provincial towns 3 fr. for a con- 
sultation. Consultation hours are generally from 
12 to 2 or 3. French doctors do not supply their 
patients with medicines. You must take the 
prescription to a druggist's. 

If you want to get a doctor's address, ask some 
one in the hotel where you are staying, or in the 
restaurant where you are dining. If you should 
feel indisposed when out of doors go to the nearest 
drug store. The dispenser of pills and soothing 
syrups will at once direct you to a doctor, who 
will "happen to be a friend of his." 



With the Doctor. 

Could you recommend 
me a doctor? 



Do you know 
in this part? 



a doctor 



Chez le Medecin. 

Shel-med-j"///. 

Pourriez-vous m'indiquer 

un medecin? 
poo-rie-voo ;;//;/-dT-ke tin 

med-sin? 
Co n n a i s s e z -vous un 

medecin dans le 

quartier? 
c6-ne-se-voo im med-.y/« 

dan le-car-tie? 



99 



lOO 



WITH THE DOCTOR 



Is Dr. X. at home? 



How long will it be 
before he comes back? 



May I see him? 
May I wait for him? 

I'll call again in one — 
two — three hours. 



I'll come again to-mor- 
row at his consulta- 
tion hours. 



Question. — Where do 
you feel pain? 

Answer. — In the side, 
in the head, in the 
abdomen, in the 
chest. 



Q. — How long have you 
been feeling the 
pain? 

A. — Since this morning, 
yesterday. 

Q. — Do you feel any 
pain when you are 
breathing? 



Le Docteur X. est-il chez 

lui? 
le doc-ter X. e-til she liii? 

Dans combien de temps 

va-t-il rentrer? 
dan-c'on-hun de-tan va-til 

ran-tvel 

Puis-je le voir? 
piiij le-v6ar. 

Puis-je I'attendre? 
piiij la-fandv' ? 

Je repasserai dans une — 
deux — trois heures. 

jer-pas-re dan-zun — de — 
troa-zer. 

Je reviendrai demain 
a I'heure de sa consul- 
tation. 

jer-vi/;z-dre de-mm a-ler 
de sa-con-sul-ta-sion. 

Demande. — Ou souffrez- 

vous? 
D. — oo-soo-fre-voo? 

Reponse. — Au cote, a la 

tete, dans le ventre, 

dans la poitrine. 
R. — o-c6-te, a-la-tet, dan- 

le TJantv', dan-\a-poa,- 

trin. 

D. — Depuis quand souf- 

frez-vous? 
D . — de-pm-can soo - f re- 

voo? 

R. — Depuis ce matin, 

hier. 
R.— de-piii-sma-t/;/, ler. 

D. — Souffrez-vous quand 

vous respirez? 
D. — soo-fre-voo can voc 

re-spi-re? 



WITH THE DOCTOR 



lOI 



A. — Yes, no. 

— A little. Very much. 

Q. — Show me your 
tongue. 

—Take a long breath. 



Am I well enough to 
travel? 



Do you advise me to 
go back straight to 
America? 



Shall I be well in a day 
or two? 



Am I feverish? 

Must I go to bed? 

Can you tell me of a 
private hospital? 



Do I only want a day's 
rest? 



How much do I owe 
you, Doctor? 



R. — Oui, non, monsieur. 
R. — ooi, 710 Jt, me-sie. 



Beaucoup. 
bo-coo. 

moi votre 



— Un peu. 
— tiji pe. 

D.— Montrez 

langue. 
D. — ;;/^v/-tre-m6a vot- 

lang. 

— Respirez 1 o n g u e 

ment. 

— res-pi-re lo7i%-7nan. 

Vais-je-assez bien pour 

voyager? 
vej a-se bi/>/ poor voa-ia- 

je? 

M e conseillez-vous d e 

retourner de suite en 

Amerique? 
me - con - se-ie-voo de-re- 

toor-ne de sliit a7i A- 

me-rik? 

Irai-je bien dans un jour 

ou deux? 
i-rej \Ai7i da7i zti7i joor oo 

de? 

Ai-je la fievre? 
ej la-fievr' ? 

Faut-il que je me couche? 
fo-til kej-me-coosh? 

Pouvez-vous m'indiquer 
une maison de sante? 

poo-ve-voo w/;/-di-ke iin 
me-z^;z ^Q-sa7i-\.Ql 

N 'ai-je besoin que d'un 

jour de repos? 
nej-be-zo/« ke-dun joor 

der-p6? 

Combien vous dois-je, 
monsieur le docteur? 

C07i-h\/7t voo-doaj me-sie 
le doc-ter? 



MONEY MATTERS 

"... Their cash was strange, 
It bored me every minute. 
Now here's a hos, to change, 
How many sows are in it ! " 

(Hood's Comic Poems.) 

All French measures — of dimensions, weight, 
value, etc. — are based on the decimal system. 
The American dollar being also divided up into 
one hundred cents, the only difficulty is to remem- 
ber the relative value of the two units, dollar and 
franc. 

Leaving aside for a moment the minute and 
ever-changing exchange rate (see below), for all 
practical purposes 

I dollar equals 5 francs. 
I cent equals 5 centimes. 
And, as in ordinary conversation with shopkeepers 
and tradespeople, 5 centimes is called i sou {soo), 
10 centimes deux sous {soo^, 25 centimes cinq 
sous, 50 centimes dix sous, 75 centimes quinze 
sous, etc. , it is well to remember that 

a Sou is a Cent. 

The decimal system is carried out to the extent 
that all coins and banknotes are of denominations 
which are multiples of 10, or of which 10 is a 
multiple. This gives the following series: i, 2, 5, 
10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, etc. 

COINS IN USE. 
Copper. 

5 centimes or i sou = i cent. 
10 " "2 sous = 2 cents. 

Silver. 

20 centimes or 4 sous = 4 cents (rare). 

50 " " 10 " = 10 " 

1 franc " 20 " := 20 " 

2 francs " 40 " =40 " 

5 " " 100 " =1 dollar. 

102 



MONEY MATTERS IO3 

Gold. 

5 francs = i dollar. 
10 " =2 dollars. 
20 " =4 
There are also gold pieces of 50 fr. and 100 fr. ; 
they are but rarely met with, except at the 
Monte Carlo gaming tables. 

In America it is customary to write $0.20 for 
"20 cents. " In France "20 centimes" (=4 sous) 
is written and printed, o f r. 20. 

BANKNOTES. 

The only kind of paper currency issued in 
France consists of notes of the Bank of France. 
They are of the following denominations : 50 fr. , 
100 fr. , 200 fr., 500 fr., and 1,000 fr. 

USEFUL HINTS. 

American bills or gold are readily exchanged 
for the currency of the country everywhere in 
Europe, and as you are in no danger in France of 
being cheated in the transaction, the banks being 
all solid institutions, we advise you to make the 
change over there. 

American gold is a little higher than the 
French, so that the exchajige rate is: 

I franc =: $0,194 
instead of being So. 20. When buying French 
money, you will, therefore, get more than 25 
francs for $5, and, of course, when selling French 
money you must give more than 25 francs for $5. 
To this difference you must add the bank's, or the 
broker's, commission. 

The Credit Lyojinais, the Co7)iptoir d' Escompte, 
and the Societe Generate have branch offices all 
over Paris and in all the larger French cities, and 
are entirely reliable. 

CAUTION. 

Copper, silver, and gold coins from Switzerland, 
Belgium and Greece, circulate in France at the 
same rate as French coins. 

But Refuse at all places Italian coins of 2 lire. 
I lire, o 1. 50 and o 1. 20 centesimi, bearing the 



I04 MONEY MATTERS 

effigies of Vittorio Emanuele and Umberto I., 
from 1863 to the present day. Italian gold and 
5 lire pieces must be accepted, as legal tender. 

Refuse all coins from the following countries — 
Austria, Saxony, Bavaria, Spain, The Nether- 
lands, Sardinia, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, 
Hayti, Chili, Roumania, and the Argentine Re- 
public. Also all Papal pieces. Beware more 
especially of the following, which are continually 
palmed off on unwary travelers, native as well as 
foreign: Mexican^ Perttvian, and Papal. 

Don't look askance at English or Italian cop- 
pers, as they are accepted by every one, except at 
Post-Offices. 

Don't trust your money into a strafiger's hands, 
unless you are perfectly sure that all is right. 



In this connection we will say a few words 
about other measures, all based on the decimal 
system: 

A centimeter is about 0.3937 of an inch. 

A 77ieter is about i yard and 3 inches. 

A kilometer is about _^ of a statute mile. 

A kilogram is about 2 pounds. 

A gram is about 153^ grains troy. 

A liter is about a quart. 

Try to appreciate the decimal system while you 
are in France, and once back in the United States 
write to your best local daily and* advocate its 
immediate adoption in America. 

Money Matters. La Question d'Argent. 

La-kes-tif?;/ ^diX-jan. 

Is there an exchange- Y a-t-il un bureau de 
office near here.'' change par ici? 

ia-til /^«-bii-rod-i'>^^;^j pa- 
ri-si? 
How much do you give Combien donnez-vous en 
in French money for argent frangais pour 
a dollar? un dollar? 

con - bi/;/ do-ne-voo an- 
nsLY-Jan /ran-se poor 
un do-lar-a-me-ri-k/w? 



MONEY MATTERS 



105 



I want to change 2. 3, 
4, 5 dollars. 



Can you give me two 
fifty-franc notes, in- 
stead of a hundred- 
franc note? 



Is this coin all right? 



Can you give me small 
change lor 10 francs? 



Can I cash this check 
here? 

What commission do 
you charge? 



I can give 3'ou one, two 
references in Paris. 



Je voudrais changer 2, 

3, 4, 5 dollars, 
je- voo - dre s/uui - je de, 

troa, catr, sitik — do-la r. 
Pouvez vous me donner 

deux billets de 50 

francs, au lieu d'un 

billet de 100 francs? 
poo - ve - voom-do-ne de- 

bi-ied-j-/;/ - kaiA fra?i, 

o - lie - dim - bi-ied-.y^T;/- 

franl 
Est-ce que cette piece-la 

est bonne? 
es-ke-set-pies-la e-bon? 
Pourriez-vous me donner 

dix francs de petite 

monnaie? 
poo - rie - voom-do-ne di- 

fra?t dep-tit-mo-ne? 
Puis-je toucher ce cheque 

ici? 
pU-ij too-she se-shek isi? 
C o m b i e n faites-v o u s 

payer de commission? 
co?i-h\m fet-voo pe-ie de- 
co-mi-sit';/? 
Je peux vous donner 

I'adresse d ' u n e , de 

deux personnes a Paris, 
je - pe voo-do-ne la - dres 

diin, de-de per -son a 

Pa-ri. 



The most convenient way of carrying money is 
a letter of credit, obtainable at any large bank. 

As a rule, you cannot get your money back after 
it has once passed out of your hand. Before you 
pay, therefore, be sure you get the articles you 
have purchased. 

If in shopping you have the goods sent to the 
hotel, take a receipt, and see that it reads right, and 
that it is on a proper billhead, indicating the firm's 
name and location, and the name of the cashier. 



SHOPPING 



You must expect to be "done" in making pur- 
chases. It is the prerogative of all foreigners. 
But it is just as well to try and be done as rarely 
as possible. 

The shops in the vicinity of the Rue Royale, 
Avenue de I'Opera, Rue de RivoH and other 
"swell" streets, should be entered with a sense of 
wariness. The storekeeper and his attendants 
know you are his helpless victims and have been 
taught that all Americans have an unlimited bank 
account. Besides, the rent is enormous, and 
profits, therefore, must be in proportion ! Make 
up your mind calmly how much you will give, 
and then stick to it. Just repeat the figure until 
the attendant consents or politely retreats. 

This does not apply to the so-called English 
shops, where you can haggle as much as you 
please in your own lingo, and where you will be 
done no more than you would be in any shop in 
London. 



Shopping. 
I want a — 
Show me some — ■ 
How much? 
It's too dear. 
Have you got cheaper? 



Have you another 
color? 



All right, I'll take this. 



Achats. 
Asha. 
Je voudrais un — 
je-voo-dve-zif/i — 

Montrez-moi des— - 
mon-tre-moa. de — 
Combien? 
con-biznl 
C'est trop cher. 
se-tro sher. 

Avez - vous m e i 1 1 e u r 

marche? 
a-ve-voo me-ier mar-she? 

Avez-vous une autre 

couleur? 
a-ve-voo zii - no - tre - coo 

ler? 

Bien, je vais prendre ga. 
hlin, j've/r<;z;?dr' sa. 



1 06 



SOCIAL CUSTOMS 

PHRASES OF POLITENESS AND 
GREETING 

It was Steele, I think, who said that one may 
know a foreigner by his answering only no or yes 
to a question, while a Frenchman generally uses 
a whole sentence. So, never answer oiii or non 
alone to a question; that's English; but always 
add: Moiisieiti-, Madanu\ or Mademoiselle; 
that's French. 

The word Monsieur is as appropriately used in 
speaking to a counter-jumper as to the President 
of the Republic. They are both monsieur. So, 
use the words Mojisieiir, Madame, Mademoiselle 
freely, and do in France as the Fi.-ench do. Take 
off your hat to men as well as to ladies, when you 
meet them or come up to speak to them. If you 
have been introduced to a person, lady or gentle- 
man, older than yourself, take off your hat first, 
when you meet him or her. Contrary to what is 
the custom in America, never wait for a lady to 
bow to you before taking off your hat to her. 

When you are going to pay a call put your gloves 
on. When you are asked to dinner, keep them 
on after being shown into the drawing-room until 
you go into the dining-room. Don't excuse your- 
self for wearing gloves when you are shaking 
hands. It is not only permissible but customary 
to shake hands with gloves on. 

Never shake hands with a lady or gentleman on 
being introduced. Bow gracefully, if you can, 
and do not say: Comme7tt-vous porteZ'7>ous? — 
a phrase that most English people know, and that 
French people use very little. In many cases "how 
d'ye do" should be rendered by a bow. or by 
bonjoiir , monsieur (or madame, mademoiselle^. 

A frock coat, not evening dress, is usually worn 
at the dinner table, in cases in which a dress suit 
would be worn in American uppertendom. 

If you get married while in France you will be 
expected to go through the ceremony in evening 
dress. (Beware of the French mother-in-law!) 

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I08 SOCIAL CUSTOMS 

When dinner is over you must take out into the 
drawing-room the lady you took into the dining- 
room and look very pleasant and much pleased all 
the time. The English ceremony which consists 
in bowing the ladies out of the dining-room, in 
order to allow the gentlemen to "stay over their 
wine," to put their elbows on the table, cross their 
legs, talk racing, betting, club scandal, etc., etc., 
and get groggy, and half seas over, is unknown in 
France. 

When you are at table, don't talk about Joan of 
Arc, Waterloo, the battle of Trafalgar, Egypt, the 
Spanish-American war, the needs of your navy, 
and — above all — never threaten any one to write 
to the New York Herald, the London Times, or 
to your ambassador. French vanity is highly 
explosive. The slightest shock may cause strange 
changes. 

SPECIAL DON'TS. 

If you think you are a gentleman in America: 

Don't be a cad in France. 

Don't be negligent in dress, language, etc. 

Don't walk about in churches, with this little 
book in your hand, during divine service. 

Don't go about in knickers or wear a cycling 
cap in the streets unless you are a gentleman of the 
wheel. 

Don't look like a conqueror in a conquered land. 

Don't show your contempt for the manners and 
customs of "darned foreigners"; you are the 
"foreigner" as long as you tread the French soil. 

Don't sneer at the practices of the Roman 
Church and proclaim them degrading and 
idolatrous. 

Don't jeer at priests and processions, 

" The moment that you land in France 
L,ike 'Arry in Bolong." 

So that we may not wrong 

" The Yankee folk, and judge them all 
By 'Arry in Bolong." 

And you, Mesdmnes les Americaines, you know 
what your reputation in France is. Yes, the solid 



SOCIAL CUSTOMS 



109 



comfort, the neatness and artistic taste evident on 
and about the American girl and her ma, are pro- 
verbial even among /fs Parisiennes, the trimmest 
"of the world," as they say in Chicago. 

A GENERAL DON'T. 

Whatever you say, 

Don't forget to tack on Mo7isieur, Madame, 
Mademoiselle, to Out, Non, Mef^ci. At bed time 
repeat fifty times: Out, Monsieur; Non, 
Madame; Merei, Mademoiselle (No, thank you, 
see p. 81). 

Never fails ; success guaranteed ; acts as a lubri- 
cator, avoiding all friction; saves money, time, 
and temper. 

In English they say, it's money that makes the 
mare go. Well, then, remember that every man 
or woman in France, high or low, expects this 
"small change of politeness" at every turn. 



Politeness and 
Greeting. 

Good morning. 
Good day.' 
Good afternoon. 
How do you do? 

Good evening. 
Good night. 

How are you? 

How are you getting 
on? 

Allow me. 

How is your father? 



How is your sister? 



Politesse et Salu- 
tations. 
P6 li-tes e-sa-lii-ta-si^;?. 
Bonjour, monsieur, ma- 
dame, mademoiselle. 
do7i-']oor, me-sTe, madam, 

mad-moa-zel. 
Bonsoir, monsieur, etc. 
bon-soa.\', me-sie, etc. 

Comment allez-vous? 
c6-;//cr;^-ta-le-voo? 

Comment ga va-t-il? 

co-man sa-va-til? 

Permettez-moi. 

per-me-te-moa. 

Comment va monsie.ir 
votre i^ere? 

CO - man - va me - sie-vot- 
per? 

Comment va mademoi- 
selle votre soeur? 

co-man-va. mad-moa - zel 
votr' ser? 



no 



SOCIAL CUSTOMS 



Remember me to your 
mother. 



Kind regards to your 
brother. 



Thank you very much 
for meeting me. 



Thank you for your 
kind invitation. 



Dont mention it. 

It is not worth speak- 
ing of. 



Can I do anything for 
you? 

Do you mind smoking? 

I'll see you by and by. 

Till to-morrow. 

Till this evening. 

Pardon me. 

I beg your pardon. 

Thanks. 



Mes hommages a ma- 
dame votre mere 

me - z6 - maj a - ma - dam 
votr' mer. 

Bonjour a (monsieur) 

votre frere. 
bon-]o<dr a (me-sie) vot 

frer. 

Merci beaucoup d'etre 
venu a ma rencontre. 

mer-si bo-coo detr' ve-nii 
Si-mSi-ran-con\x' . 

Merci bien pour votre 
amiable invitation. 

mer-si \Ain poor v6-tre- 
mabl' /;z-vi-ta-si6';/. 

II n'y a pas de quoi. 
il nia pad koa. 

Cela ne vaut pas la peine 

d'en parler. 
slan - v6 - pa - la-pen daii- 

par-le. 

Puis-je vous etre utile? 
piiij voo-zetr' ii-til? 

La fumee vous derange 

t-elle? 
la-fii-me voo-de-rrt;'(/'-tel? 

A tout a I'heure. 
a-too-ta-ler. 

A demain. 
ad-////;/. 

A ce soir. 
as-s6ar. 

Pardon, 
par-^^;/. 

Je vous demande pardon. 
je-vood-/;zc?;/d-par-//^;/. 

Merci. 
mer-si. 



SOCIAL CUSTOMS 



III 



Thank you. 




Merci bien {on merci, 

monsieur), 
mer-si-bi/;^ (or mer-si, 

me-sie). 


Good-bye. 




Au revoir. 
6r-v6ar. 


Farewell, a pleasant 
journey 


Bon voyage. 
bon voa-iaj. 


Will you do me a fa 


vor? 


Voulez-vous me rendre 

un service? 
voo-le-voo vaxan-drnn 

ser-vis? 


With pleasure. 




Volontiers. 
xo-\on-\\^. 


Please call again. 




Veuillez revenir. 
ve-iye re-vnir. 


I am ever so much 
obliged to you. 


Je vous suis fort oblige. 
je voo sui for 6b-li-je. 


T shall be only 
happy. 


too 


Cela me fera le plus 

grand plaisir. 
sla me fra le-plii-grc'?;^ 

ple-zir. 


After Treading on 


Somebody's Bad Corn. 


Treador — "I do 


beg 


"Je vous demande bien 



}our pardon." 



Tr eadee — "It's all 
right." 

Treador {syinpaf/it'f/L- 
a/ /}')—' Uid. I hurt 
you?" 

Treadee {as/dt') — "I 
ratherthink you did"; 
{aloud and siuilmg), 
"Oh! not at all!!" 



pardon. ' ' 
je-vood - jna?id. - hlin par- 
doii. 

"II n'y pas de mal." 
il nia pad-mal. 

"Vous ai-je fait mal?" 
voo-zej fe-mal? 

{apart) — "J'te crois" ; 
{haiit sourianf) ; "O, du 
tout ! — monsieur ! — au 
contraire!!" 
(a-par) j'te-croa (6, soo- 
rmn) 5, dii-too! — me- 
sie ! — b-con-trhr ! ! 



PHRASES OF REBUKE 



Phrases of Rebuke. 

I beg your pardon. 

You are wrong. 

You are mistaken. 

Leave me alone ! 

You are boring me. 

That will do ! 

Shut up! 

Go away ' 

Go to the "lower 
regions" ! 

You ass! 

Blockhead ! 

Fool! 

Idiot ! 

Beast ! 

Dirty beast ! 

Get along, you cad! ! 



Rebuffades. 
Re-bii-fad. 

Je vous demande pardon. 
je-voo-de-mand -par-don. 

Vous avez tort, 
voo-za-ve-tor. 

Vous vous trompez. 
voo-voo-/r6';z-pe. 

Laissez-moi tranquille ! 
le-se-mosL-fran-kil ! 

Vous m'ennuyez. 
woo-77ian-nm-ie. 
En voila assez ! 
an-voa-la. a-se ! 
Fermez votre boite ! 
fef-me vot boat! 
Fichez-moi le camp ! 
fi-she-moa I'canl 
Allez au diable ! 
a-le 6-diabr ! 

Espece d'ane! 
es-pes dan ! 

Huitre I 
iiitr' ! 

Cornichon ! 
coT-m-s/ion ! 

Idiot ! 
i-dio I 

Animal ! 
a-ni-mal ! 
Sale cochon ! 
sa[-cb-s/t07i ! 

Eh, va done, mufle ! ! 
e-va-d^;z, miifl' ! ! 



A BIT OF SLANG 

" Never go to France 

Unless you know the lingo; 
If you do, like me. 
You will repent, bj' jingo! " 

Yes, you wi7/ repent, take Tom Hood's word 
for it. In France most people talk French, but in 
Paris most Parisians talk slang. So if you ven- 
ture on a hot evening outside one of the Cafes on 
the Grands Boulevards, and enter into conversa- 
tion with one of your neighbors, you will soon find 
yourself up one of the blooming trees of leafy 
June, if you stick too rigidly to the vocabulary 
patronized exclusively by the forty "immortal" 
members of the Academy. 

The sort of French that treats of bread, butter 
and cheese, is a very useful thing, no doubt, 
at table d'hote, but in a drawing-room or at a 
garden-party it lacks interest. Nor is this all. 
You will also be awfully disappointed in reading 
certain newspaper articles, for you viiist read the 
newspapers. On hearing that you are about to 
"do Yourup," your experienced friends are sure 
to have told you something to this effect: "Now, 
look here, if you want to learn French you must 
read the newspapers; thafs the thing." Of 
course, you will miss the advertisement columns, 
and I dare say you will occasionally come across a 
paper which gives the date of the next day and 
the news of the day before, but never mind that. 
If the French newspapers are not so well written 
as yours, and do not talk in the original way yours 
do about the weather bureau, the fickleness of its 
manager, the frequency of the showers sadly 
interfering with the planned excursions of the 
holiday-makers, or marring the fresh foliage and 
the cerulean hue of the sky, and all that sort of 
literature, yet you can't help reading them. 

Acting on this advice, one of the first things you 
do — after ordering a bock (lager) — is to say. 
"Garsong, voo-le voo me don-ne Le Figaro?'' 

113 



114 A BIT OF SLANG 

This paper, though its circulation is not quite the 
largest in the world, ranges among the cleverest, 
especially in the way of smuggling in ads in the 
guise of reading matter. When it is brought to 
you, wrapped up round a stick, like the papyrus of 
old, you unroll it, and you read, standing out in 
large capitals: CHEZ MA TANTE. 

Ah! ah! say you, with a French tinge of accent, 
"At my aunt's!" that looks interesting, and as 
clear and unequivocal as a heading could be. An 
aunt is the sister of a father or of a mother ; it is 
also the wife of an uncle. All dictionaries agree 
upon that. "At my aunt's" is sure to be a nice 
little story, an idyl perhaps ; let us read it. 

As you have learnt the w^ord at school in sen- 
tences relating to "your aunt's garden being larger 
than your father's," you go confidenfy ahead 
reading the story, but suddenly find yourself ' 'At 
your Uncle's," elbowed by a hard-up gentle- 
man who is pawning a pair of patent boots and a 
large-buttoned great-coat ! So ye dunno where 
ye are at. 

Another day, still anxious to follow the advice 
of your friend Know-it-all, you open the same 
(literary) paper, and, in the second page, you 
find, in quick succession, the sad story of a young 
gommeicx, a list of officials that have just been 
degonimes, and a ripping account of the last 
fnuiisterie played by Sarah Bernhardt on the 
manager of a provincial theater. You carefully 
put down the words in your notebook — as recom- 
mended. You go home, and when you have 
struck the fifteenth French sulphur match, and 
sneezed half a dozen times before obtaining a 
light, you pounce upon your fattest French Dic- 
tionary, and read: Fumisterie, V art dit fumiste. 
FuMiSTE, m. n., "chimney-doctor, one who cures 
smoky chimneys." But what on earth has that to 
do with Sarah the Divine? 

So, before going to bed, you drop a line to your 
friend Bob Know-it-all, who is a good French 
scholar : 

"My Dear Bob: I am not getting on in French 
as quickly as I could wish. I read the papers 



A BIT OF SLANG II5 

every day, but newspaper French seems to be of 
quite a different kind to that which I was taught 
at school. The irregular verbs I find particularly 
hard to manage. The verb s' eti aller, which in 
my school days caused me a lot of trouble, seems 
to have grown still more irregular and evasive 
since. This is the way it is now conjugated in the 
Indicative: 

Je m'en vas, 

Tu ftches le camp, 

Ilfile, 

Nous nous poiissons de Vaeil^ 

Voiis vous eshignez, 
lis se la cassent. 

"I am glad to think that, for the sake of the 
Froggies who learn English, oitr irregular verbs 
are a little more regular in their conjugation. By 
the way, what diQ^^fumisterie mean in a figura- 
tive sense? Something more than 'Smoke-Doctor, ' 
I believe. I hope you will send me a long yarn, 
and tell me all about your doings and where- 
abouts. The mall is about to close, please excuse 
the shortness of this note, and believe me in haste, 
yours ever, A. B. C. Dashitall. 

"Address: Monsieur Dashitall (no initials 
wanted in this country). Boulevard Sebastopol, 
617, bis; Paris. 

"P. S. — Fancy a Chicagoan like me having to be 
called JA"-^?<?.'' What beastly note-paper this is!" 

Two weeks later the mail brings you the fol- 
lowing: 

"49.373 Twelve-Mile Blvd. Extension, 
Chicago, Ills. 
"Dear Charlie; Many thanks for your long, 
interesting and witty letter. It struck me that 
the most practical way of explaining to you the 
meaning of fiimisterie was to play one on you by 
sending you a letter without a stamp on it. You 
had to pay a fine on delivery ; do you understand 
now? There is nothing like object-lessons, you 
know ! When such a practical joke is played upon 
one on a larger scale we call it in United States a 
'dirty trick.' 



Il6 A BIT OF SLANG 

"Don't abuse the verb s' e7t aller too much 
before your French friends, for if perchance you 
come across one who knows the language you 
were brought up on (and a meager fare it was, 
perchance), he might shut you up by remarking 
that 'to go away' is not unfrequently conjugated; 
'I go away' ' thou boltest,' 'he cuts,' 'we ske- 
daddle it,' 'you scoot,' 'they skip.' 

"This is a busy day for me. I have to go to my 
tailor's (the old chap is angry, but I have not a 
sou) ; then, I am entertaining a couple of friends at 
the Calumet to-night, and I have to be at the 
Auditorium variety show at 10:15. I must be off; 
kind regards to Jones. 

"Yours as usual, 

"Robert Knowitall." 

Slang, then, is no rarity in France any more 
than it is in America, and this short, though, it is 
to be hoped, sufficiently complete vocabulary of 
everyday slang will, I trust, be found useful for 
newspaper reading and ordinary conversation. If 
you want to associate with thieves, bad characters, 
artists, students, and workmen of a peculiar craft, 
you will have to learn their modes of expression, 
but that is not the slang that every one knows and 
uses, and I have some satisfaction in thinking that 
the following short vocabulary is a new departure 
in the right direction. 

There are, I find, thirty-two different ways of 
saying that a man is drunk in English. How 
many there are in French I cannot tell (patriotism 
forbids), but I should say, in all fairness, that 
s'e7tivrer is a verb which could be conjugated by a 
different word for each of its tenses and persons — 
compound tenses included. It is som.e comfort to 
think that with both nations there is not a single 
slang word to use instead of the proper expression, 
"He is sober" ! The reason is, I take it, that slang 
is chiefly the language of booze, blows, bad boys, 
bums, boodlers, and bamboozlers. For such there 
is something provocative of waggery in a man 
being half seas over, whereas the wearer of a blue 
ribbon, with his waxen complexion and measured 
tread, is the reverse of inspiring to them. 



VOCABULARY OF EVERY-DAY SLANG 
AND PHRASES 

N. B. — English words or phrases in italics are proposed as 
Translations of the French; words or phrases in roman 
are mere Explanations. 

I have used explanations whenever I have failed to find an 
equivalent. I do not profess to know English as well as 
French slang, and I have learned to distrust dictionaries. 
The letters F.P. will help the reader to find for himself the 
English equivalent. 

Abbreviations. 

F. = familiar. P. = popular. m.= masculine. 
f.=: feminine. 

Abattage (abataj), m. F. Je lui donnerai un — . 

F. ril blow hiui ttp. 
Abatis (abati), m. P. Numerote tes — . P. I'll 

break every bone in your body. 
Abbaye de monte a regret (abeid-Wd?«tar-gre), f. 

P. The guillotine. 
Abouler (aboole), P. Va falloir — mon vieux. P. 

Yoii luill have to shell out, old fellow. 
Alboche (albosh), m. P. A German. 
Allez vous asseoir (ale voo-za-s6ar), F. Go along 

with y oil. 
Allez vous faire fiche (fer-fish), P. Go and be 

hanged. 
Andouille (a;zdooye), f. P. C'est une — . P. He 

is a chinnp. 
Angliche (^wglish), m. P. An Englishman. 
Araignee (arenie), f. II a une — dans le plafond. 

He is cracked. He has got a bee in his 

bonnet. 
Atout (atoo), m. P. Je lui ai colle un — sur le nez. 

P. I hit him on the nose. 

Bafouiller (bafooie), P. To sputter; to talk con- 
fusedly. 
Baffre (bafr'), f. P. A blow in the face. 
Balai (bale), m. Manches a — . P. Spindle- 



shanks. 



117 



Il8 A BIT OF SLANG 

Balle (bal) f. P. Nut; 7ioddle. Se renvoyer la — . 

F. Log-rolling (Exchange of compliments 

or insults). 
Baraque (barak), m. F. Cette maison est nne 

vraie — . F. This house is a W7'etched place, 

a iniserable shanty. 
Barbe (barb), f. Plats a — . P. Wattles; slug 

(large ears). 
Bazarder (bazarde), P. To pawn or sell one's 

things. 
Bastringue (bas/r/;zg), P. A noisy dive. Faire 

du — . P. To kick up a row. 
Bassiner (basine),.P. To bore to death. 
Bateau (bat5), m. Monter un — . F. To impose 

upon one. 
Battoirs (batoar), m. P. Flippers (large hands). 
Becot (beco), m. P. A kiss. 
Becoter (becote). To kiss. 
Bedon (be<^<9;^), m. P. Oh ! la ! la ! quel — ! Gee, 

what a paunch! 
Beguin (be^/;?), m. F. II a un — pour elle. F. 

He is mashed 07i her. 
Bernique (bernik), F. Not a bit of it. 
Beuglant (hegla?i), m. P. A low music-hall. 
Beugler (begle), P. To bellow out.. Also: To 

weep. 
Beurre (ber), m. F. II a fait son—. P. He has 

feathered his nest. II a de quoi mettre du — 

dans ses epinards; ///.• " He has plenty of 

butter to put into his spinach," i.e., " He is 

very well off." See QEil. 
Bidard (bidar), m. P. A lucky chap. 
Billard (biiar), m. P. Devisser son — . P. To 

kick the bucket. 
Bisquer (biske), f. P. To be vexed. 
Biture (bitiir), f. P. Avoir une — . To be drunk. 
Bleu (ble), m. Je n'y vols que du— . F. / can't 

make head or tail of it. En etre — . F. To 

look blue (to be astonished). Un— . A raw 

recruit, a tyro. Petit — . P. Weak red wine. 
Blinde {blin&o), P. Boozed. 
Bobine (bobin), f. P. Mug (mouth). 
Boire a la grande tasse (boar ala-gra7td tas), P. 

To be drowned. 



A BIT OF SLANG II9 

Boite (boat). Ferme ta — . P. Hold your jaw; 

shut up. — s a violon. F. Beetle-crushe7's 

(large feet). Boite also means: Public High 

School (lycee). 
Botte (bot), f. See Coup. Botter, ^a me botte. 

F. // suits me to a t. 
Boucan (boot^^r;/), m. P. Shmdy. Faire du— . 

P. To kick up a deuce of a row. 
Bouchon {\iooshon), m. Ce restaurant est un 

vrai — . T/iis restaurant is a nasty, dirty 

place. Ramasser un — . P. To fall. 
Bouffer (boofe), F. To guzzle (to eat greedily). 
Bougre (boogr'), m. P. Un bon — . A regular 

brick, -de serin ! You ass! See Serin. 
Bouillon d'onze heures (boo/<r?;/ donzer), m. F. A 

poisoning draught, knockout drops. 
Bouis-bouis (booi-booi), m. P. A small theater, 

low music-hall, or restaurant. 
Bouffarde (boofard), f. P. A cutty (a pipe). 
Boule de loto (bool' de-lo-to). Yeux en — . F. 

Goggle-eyes. Perdre la boule. F. To lose 

one's head. 
Bouler (boole), F. Je I'ai envoye — . I sent Jiini 

to the deuce. 
Boulotter (boolotte), F. To get one's grub. Qa 

— e. /';;/ all right. 
Bourrer (boore), F. To stuff. Se — . To stuff 

one s self. 
Braise (brez), f. P. Rocks (money). 
Brindzingues {brin^' zin^), P. Etre dans les — . 

P. To be half seas 07'er. 
Brule-gueule (briil' gel), m. P. A nose warmer; 

a short clay pipe or briar pipe. 
Buche(bush), f. Etre bete comme une — . — F. 

To be a regular blockhead. 
Bucher (biishe), F. To bone \ to grind. To work 

hard. 

Caboche (cabosh), f. P. Knob (head). 

Cabot (cabo), m. P. A third-rate actor, also: A 

dirty-looking dog. 
Caboulot (caboolo), m. F. A small wine shop. 
Cafiot (calio), m. P. Weak coffee. 
Cafard (cafar), ni. F. A sneak. 



I20 A BIT OF SLANG 

Cafarder (cafarde), F. To sneak. 

Caillou (caioo), m. F. Mug (mouth). 

Caler (cale), F. To be well off. Etre— e en mat. 

(sound the /). To be well up in mat hematics. 
Cambuse {canbnz), f. P. Shanty. 
Camelot (camlo), m. F. A street-hawker. 
Camelotte (camlot), f. F. Rubbish; trash. 
Camoufle (camoofl'), f. F. A candle. Donner 

une — . P. To give a slap in the face. 
Camouflet (camoofle), m. Cut direct. 
Campagne (r«;/panyej, f . Envoyer a la — . F. To 

send to Halifax. 
Canard (canar), m. F. A lump of sugar dipped in 

brandy. Also: A hoax ; an unimportant news- 
paper. Mouille comme un — . As wet as a 

d?^ow7ied rat. 
Canarder (canarde), P. To pepper (to fire at). 
Canasson (canaj-^/z), m. P. A gee; screw (horse). 
Caner (cane), P. To be afraid. 
Canon (ca;z6';z), m, P. A noggin. Boire un — . P. 

To have a drink of wine at the counter. 
Carotte (carot), f. Tirer une — . F. To humbug 

— out of, to pull one's leg. 
Carrement {caveman). Allez-y — . F. Go for it. 
Carreau (card), m. F. Etendu sur le — . F. Done 

for. 
Casquer (caske), F. To fork out. 
se Cavaler (cavale), F. To skedaddle. 
Chahuter (chaiite), F. To kick up a row. To 

humbtig (a schoolmaster). 
Chalet de necessite (shaled'nesesite), m. F. 

Street lavatory. 
Chambard {shanhax), m, P. Faire du — . P. 

Same as Chahuter. 
Chambarder (j'/zrt;zbarde), P. To smash tip. 
Charogne (sharon^^e), f. P. A blackguard. Also: 

Bad meat. 
Chaud (sho). Qa lui coutera — . P. It will cost 

him a pretty penny. Quand il fera — ! P. Not 

I! II est — . P. He is wide-awake. 
Cheri (sheri), F. Darling! Ducky! 
Chic (shic). Un — type. F. A good chap. Un 

type — . F. A swell. Une piece tres — . A 

first-rate play. 



A BIT OF SLANG 121 

Chien (shi/;/), m. II est — . F. He is close-fisted. 

Nom d'un — . Hang it all I 
Chiper (shipe), F. To hag, to swipe, to steal. 
Choper (shope), P. To nab. 
Chou (shoo), m. Mon— ! F. Deary! 
Chouette (shooet). C'est — I That's i-eal jam! 

(first-rate). 
Claque (clak), F. Paid applauders in a theater. 

Also a box on the ears. Ramasser ses cHques 

et ses — s. F. To pack up bag and baggage. 
Claquer (clake), P. To pop off; to hop the twig 

(to die). 
Cloche (closh), f. Demenager a la — de bois. F. 

To shoot the mooii (to move one's furniture by 

night). 
Clou (cloo), m. CoUer au — . P. To ptit up the 

spout. Tc clap into the dry room (lock up). 

Rive-lui son — . Shut him up (silence him). 

On i'a colle au — . P. He was roosted (run 

in), ^a ne vaut pas un — . P. If s not worth 

a rap. 
Cochon (coshon), m. Jouer un tour de — . P. 

To play a dirty trick. 
Coco (coco). Un vilain — . P. A nasty fellow; 

a cad. Dans le — . P. In the stomach. 
Coffrer (cofre), P. To cage. 

Cogne (conye), m. P. Peeler; r6'//<t'r (policeman). 
Col, m. F. Se pousser du — . To be stuck up. 
Colle (col), f. F. A corker; a buster; a whopper 

(fib). 
Collar (cole). II s'est fait — a son bachot. F. He 

failed in his B.A. Exam. 
Comme-ci comme-qa (comsi-comsa), F. So so. 
Complet [coni^Xk.). II a son — . P. He is dead 

drunk. 
Copain {cbpiji), m. F. Pal; chum. 
Coup (coo), m. Se donner un — de torchon. P. 

To have a set to. Un — de collier. F. A 

good pull. Un— d'epaule. F. A lift. Un 

— d'epee dans I'eau. A no go (without effect). 

Le — de I'etrier. The stirrup cup. Le — de 

grace. F. The finishing stroke. Un — 

de jarnac. F. Antindcrhand blow. Un — de 

bottes. F. A kick, Un— de soleil. F. A 



122 A BIT OF SLANG 

staisfroke. Un — de vin. P. A drop of some- 
thing to drink. 

Cran {cran), m. Lacher d'lin — . P. To give 
the slip. 

Craqueur (craker), m. F. A boinicer (braggart). 

Creme (crem), f. Une — d'homme. F. Ait aw- 
fully nice fellow, 

Creper (crepe). Se — le chignon. F. To have a 
hai7'-pulling contest. 

Cresson {oxQSon), m. N'avoir phis de — sur le 
caillou. P. To be very bald. 

Cuite (ciiit), f. P. A fuddle. Avoir sa— . P. 
To be as drinik as a lord. 

Culot (ciilo), m. P. Avoir du — . P. To have 
sand, backbone. 

Culotte(ciilot), f. P. Same as Cuite. 

Dada (dada), m. F. Fad, craze. 

Dalle (dal), f. P. Whistle. Rincer la—. P. To 

stand treat . 
Dame (dam). Ah! — ! Be- (eh bien! dame)! F. 

Well! of course! (Nothing profane in the 

word. ) 
Danse {dans), F. Je lui ai donne une — . P. / 

gave him a thorougJt drubbin.g. 
Danser {da7ise). La — . F. To smart for it. 

Faire — I'anse du panier. F. To make a 

good market-penny (to get perquisites). 
Debine (debin), f. F. Etre dans la — . To be on 

one' s uppers; hard up. 
Debrouillard (debrooiar), m. F. II est — . He 

is foxy. He knows his wa}^ out. 
Deche (desh), f. F. Same as Debine. 
Degommer. P. To bounce. 
Degoter (degote), F. To fetch down; to oust; 

to knock — off its perch. 
Degourdi (degoordi). II est — . F. He is a 

knowiiig one. 
Deguerpir (degerpir'), F. To pack off. 
Depot (depo), m. F. Temporar}^ prison. 
Dia (dia). Hoi! (to horses V 
Diable (diaW), m. Au — ! F. Confound it! 

Hang it! P. Allez au— ! P. Go to the 

devil! Du — si—! F. The devil take me 



A BIT OF SLANG I23 

if—! Faire le— a quatre! F. To play the 
very devil! Que — ! F. What the dickens! 
C'est la le — ! F. There's the rub! Tirer le 
— par la queue. F. To be beastly hard up; 
to be without a cent. (This word is used by 
the best people. ) 
Dieu (die). Mon — ! Good God ! Good Heavens! 
Bon — de bon— ! Goodness gracious! (Used 
by refined people of both sexes. ) 

Eclairer (eclere), P, To s/iow one's s/iiners (to 

pay up). See Casquer. 
Ecopper (ecope), P. To get a zual loping. 
Embete {aJihetQ). Etre joliment— . P. To be 

aiL'fully cut up, or: To be bored. 
s'Empiffrer (rt;/pifre). F. To cram; to guzzle. 
Epatant (epa/^z;/), F. Awfully nice! Stunning! 
Epate (epat), f. Faire de 1' — . F. To show off. 
Epater (epate), F. To astound. 

Ereinte {erinte). Etre— e. To be knocked up; 

done up. 
s'Esbigner (sesbinie), F. To cut ; to bolt. 
Esbrouffe (esbroof), f. Faires des — s. F. To 

swagger. 
Escarpe (escarp), m. P. A ruffian; a murderer. 
Escoffier (escofie), P. To do for; to settle. 

Esquinte {eskintQ), F. Same as Ereinte. 
Etrenner (etrene), F. To get btiffeted. 

Fagoter (fagote). Elle est mal — ee. F. What 
a guy she looks! 

Faiblard (feblar). F. Very poor (of speeches, 
writings, etc.). 

Fard (far), m. Piquer un — . F. To blush. 

Feuille de chou. — A worthless newspaper. 

Ficher (fishe). — le camp. P. {7^o toddle off) 
(make off). II se — e de ma fiole. P. He is 
making game of me. Jem'en — e. P. I don' t 
care a hang. C'est fichant! F. It' s a con- 
founded nuisance. Fichez moi la paix! F. 
Give us a rest ! 

Fichtre (fish-tr). You don't say sol 



124 A BIT OF SLANG 

Fichu (iishii). II est — . P. He is done for. 

Un — caractere, A horrid te77iper. Je suis 

mal — . F. I feel seedy. 
Figure (figiir), F. Une — d'ecumoire. F. A 

cribb age face (pitted with the smallpox). 
Fiole (fiol), f. P. Head. See Ficher. 
Filer (file), F. To cut away; to be off. 
Flemme (flem), F. Avoir la — . To feel lazy. 
Flotte fflot), f. Nons etions une — . F. We were 

a lot of people. 
Flutes (fliit), f. P. Fiddlesticks. Jouer des — , 

or Se tirer des — . F. To leg it; to scoot. 
se Fouiller (fouie). Same as Taper (se). 
Four (foor), m. Faireun — . F. Tof ail miserably. 
Frangin [franjin), m. P. A brother. 
Fripouille (fripooye), F. A dirty lot. 
Froussard (froosar), m. F. A coward. 
Frousse (froos), f. Cowardly woman. 
Frusques (friisc), f. P. Toggery (clothes). 
Fumiste (fiimist), m. Practical joker. 
Fumisterie (fiimistri), f. Practical joke. 
Furibard (fiiribar), m. ?F//(^ (angry). 
Fusil (fiizi), m. F. The stomach. 

Gaffe (gaf ), f. Faire une — . To put one' s foot 
in it. 

Galbeux (galbe), F. Stylish. 

Galette (galet), f. Chink, rocks (money). 

Gate sauce (gatsos), m. F. A scullion ; a bad cook. 

Gibier (jibie), m. Du — de potence. F. Gallows- 
bird. 

Giroflee (jirofle), f. Une— a cinq feuill^s. F. A 
slap in the face. 

Gniaf (niaf), m. P. A bungler. 

Gnon {vaon), m, P. A smack on the gills. 

se Gober (gobe), F. To fancy o?te's self. 

Gobeur (gober), m. F. A man who will believe 
anything; gullible. 

Godailler (godaie), P. To swill; to booze. 

Goddam (godam). An Englishman. SeeAngliche. 

Godichon {^o^\sho?i), m. F. Booby. 

Godiilot (godiot), m. P. Military boot (name of 
maker). Compare "Guillotine" from "Guillo- 
tin," name of inventor). 



A BIT OF SLANG I25 

Gogo (gogo), m. F. Fool ; simpleton. 

Gommeux (gomme). m. P. Bar7iacles. 

Graisse (gies), f. Toiirner a la—. F. To riui 

to fat. 
Gratte-papier (grat-papie), m. F. Qin7/-drz7'er 

(writer). 
Grue (grii), f. P. Silly girl or luommi. 
Gueule (gel), f. P. Mug ; jaw. Avoir la — de 

bois. To have a dry /not(tk—{m the morning). 
Gueuler (gele). P. 'To bawl. 
Guibolles"(gTb51), f. P. 7V;/j- (legs) . Jouer des— . 

P. To leg it; to skedaddle. 

Houp (oop), F. Gee up! Get out! Move on! 
Hue (ii). Picll up! (to horses). 

Impair (/;/per), m. F. Blunder. 

Jacques (jac), m. Faire le — . F. To play the 

fool. 
Jaunet (jone), m. F. Quid; yelloiu boy. 
Jugeotte (jUjot), f. F. II n'a pas pour deux sous 

de — . F. He has not got a grain of sense. 

Kif-kif-bourico (kif-kif-boorico). C'est— . P. It 
is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 

Lac (lac), m. Etre dans le — . P. To be i?i a 

hole. 
Lacheur (lasher), m. F. A shabby, cowardly 

friend. 
Lanterner (/rt;^terne), F. To Jiuinbug; to talk rot. 
Lapin i}a.pi?t), m. Mon petit—! P. Duchy! 

C'est un — ! He is a brick ! Poser un — . P. 

To bilk (to deceive). 
Larbin (larb/«), m. P. Flutikey. 
Lever (leve). — le pied. P. To skip; to elope. 

Macchabee (macabe), m. P. Drowned person. 
Mandibules {nia7i(S!\hv\). Jouer des — . P. To 

get one' s grub. 
Mannequin {mknkiii), m. A mannikin. 
se Maquiller (makie), F. To make up. 
Margoulette (margoolet), f. P. Jaw; %uhistle. 



126 A BIT OF SLANG 

Maronner (marone), F. To show vexation; to 

grumble. 
Marotte (marot), f. C'est sa — . F. // is his 

hobby. 
Mastroquet (mastroke), m. F. A small wine 

shop. 
Mauvaise (movez). II I'a trouvee — . He found 

it rather stiff. 
Mazagran (maza^^r«;z), m. or simply: Maza. F. 

Coffee served in a glass. 
Meche (mesh), f. II n'y a pas — . F. If s no go 

(it is impossible). 
Megot (mego), m. P. A cigar stump. 
Melasse (melas), f. Etre dans la—. P. To be 

in a fix. To be hard up. 
Melon (mel^/z), m. F. Pot hat (a derby hat). 
Mince (jni^is). Ah!— alors! F. O tor! My eye! 
Monome (monom), m. F. A procession in Indian 

file. 
Morceau (morso), m. Manger le — . To peach 

(to confess). 
Moulin (mou//;z), m. Jeter son bonnet par dessus 

les— s. F. To throw off all sense of propriety. 
Muffle (miifl'), m. P. Cad; scamp; btac/cgtiard. 

Navet (nave), m. Le champ des — s. The ceme- 
tery where guillotined criminals are buried. 

Nettoye (netoaie). II est — . He is done for. 

Nom [lion), m. Sacre— ! Great Scott! — d'un 
chien! — d'un petit bonhomme! — d'unepipe! — 
d'un tonnerre ! etc. (all P.) By Jove! By 
George ! By Jingo! Bed ad! Holy smoke! 
Geewhillikins! 

Nord (nor), m. Perdre le — . F. To lose one's 
head. 

Nouvelle (noovel), f. Aller a la — . P. Abbre- 
viation for "Aller a la nouvelle Caledonie," 
where convicts are transported. 

Nez (ne), m. Mettre le - dehors. F. To pop 
one's nose round the corner. Tirer les vers 
du — . F. To pump one. 

CEil (ei), m. Taper dans 1' — . To take one's 
fancy. A 1' — . P. On tick (the students 



A BIT OF SLANG I27 

say: "ophthalmo"). Un— au beurre noir. P. 

A black eye. Faire de 1' — . F. To make 

eyes at. Se ficher le doigt dans 1' — . To fool 

one's self. Tourner de 1' — . To kick the 

bucket. S' en battre 1' — . P. Not to care a 

hang. 
CEuf (ef), m. Rond comme un— . P. Beastly 

tight. 
Og;non-(6;z?^;z), m. P. Tiir?iip {\v3.tch). Arranger 

aux petits — s. P. To give a drubbing. 
Ombre (<?;^br'), f. Passer a 1' — . To put in the 

cooler (prison). 
Oseille (ozei), f. La faire a 1' — . P. To deceive. 

To play a bad trick. 
Os (6s), m. P. Tin (money). 
Ours (oors), m. A 1' — . P. I?t the dry-room 

(lock-up). C'est un — . F. A71 unlicked cub. 

Paf (paf), P. Screwed; tight. 

se Pagnoter (paniote), P. To go to bed. 

Pain {pin), m. Un — . P. A knock on the mug. 

Faire passer le gout du — . P. To settle; to 

give a quietus (to kill). Perdre le gout du — . 

P. To kick the bucket. 
Pan {pan). Bang! 
Panier a salade (panie-a-salad). P. Black 

Maria (police-van). 
Paquet (pake), m. P. Slattern; do7vdy. Donner 

son — . P. To give the grande bounce. 

Risquer le — . F. To chance it. 
Patachon (pata^/zd?;?). Une vie de — . F. A rowdy 

life. 
Patapouf (patapoof). Un gros — . F. A big lout; 

a short-legged fellow. 
Peile (pel), f. Ramasser une — . To fall from a 

bicycle or horse. 
Pepin {^epin), m. F. Gingham. 
Petard (petar), m. Faire du — . P. To kick up 

the deuce of a row. 
Picaillons (picauvz), m. Tin; rocks. Money. 
Pie (pi), f. Une queue de — . F. A swallow- 
tail. 
Pieu (pie), m. Se fourrer au — . P. To get into 

bed. 



128 A BIT OF SLANG 

Piger (pije), P. To cop; to nab; to collar. 

Pignouf (pmioof), m. P. Blackguard. 

Pincer {Jpin^o). En — . P. To be mashed on. 

Se Faire — . F. To be arrested. 
Pipe (pipj, f- Casser sa — . P. To kick the 

bucket. 
Pipelet (piple), m. F. House-porter. 
Pissenlit {^\san\\), m. Manger le — par la racine. 

P. To be dead and buried. 
Pistache (pistash), f. Se flanquer une — . P. To 

get drunk. 
Piton (pi/6';z), m. P. Snorter (nose). 
Plan (//«;/), m. Laisser en — . P. To leave in 

the lurch. II n'y a pas — . F. It's impos- 
sible. 
Planter {pla7tte), F. To leave in the lurch. 
Plat du jour (pla-dii-joor), m. Special dish for 

the day (generally the best on the bill of fare). 
Platre (platr'), m. Battre conime — . F. To beat 

ill to a jelly. 
Plumer (pliime), F. To fleece. 
Plumet (pliime), m. P. A drop too much. 
Pognon (p5ni6';z), m. P. Rocks; tiji. Money. 
Poll (poal), m. Donner un — . P. To give a 

good wiggi7ig (scolding). Avoir un — dans la 

main. P. To feel laz}^ 
Poire (poar), f. Entre la — et le fromage. F. At 

dessert. Faire sa — . P. To show off. 
Polichinelle (polishinel), m. Une vie de — . F, 

A rowdy life. 
Pompette (/^;/pet). Etre — . F. To be drunk. 
Poivrot (poavro). Etre — . P. To be drunk. 
Pot (p6), m. Bete comme un — . F. Idiot. Un 

— de vin. F. A bribe; boodler. 
Poule mouillee (pool' mooie), f. F. Milksop. 
Profonde (pro/c^/zd), f. P. Pocket. 

Quart d'ceil (cardeye), m. P. Peeler; copper. 
Quibus (kiiibiis), m. Tin, rocks (money). 
Quinquets {kin\sk), P. Peepers (eyes). 

Rabiau (rabio), m. Faire du — . P. To be kept 
in the regiment after one's time is up. Also: 
To make an extra profit. 



A BIT OF SLANG 1 29 

Racaille (racaye), f. F. Rabble; a bad lot. 
Raccourcir (racoorsir), P. To behead. 
Ramasser (ramase). Se faire — . F. To be 

run 171. 
Raseur (razer), m. F. A bore. 
Rechauffe (reshofe). C'est du — . F. T/iafs an 

old talc. 
Reluquer (reliike), F. To ))iake eyes at. 
Rengainer (r^^zgene). — son compliment. To 

shut up. 
Repiger (repije), P. To uab twice (to catch, to 

detect). 
Rifflard (riflar), m. Large umbrella. 
Rigodon {xl^odon), m. Pincer un — . P. To 

dance in a humorous way. 
Rigolade (rigolad), f. Lark; fun. 
Rigoler (rigole), F. To have a high tiuie of it. 

II — e bien. He is a Jolly dog. 
Rigolo (rigold), F. Jolly; larky. 
Ripaton {ri^Siton), m. F. Crab (feet). 
Rond {roji), m. Je n'ai pas un — . F. / have 

not got a copper. 
Rotin (rotin), m. P. Cent. 
Roue de derriere (rood'derier), f. P. Cart-wheel 

(5 franc piece). 
Rousse (roos), f. P. The police. 
Rupin {vnpin), F. Swell; mighty fine. 

Sabot (sabo), m. Dormir comme un — . F. To 

sleep like a top. 
Sabote (sabote), F. Bungled; botched. 
Sac (sac), m. Avoir le — . F. To have plenty of 

dough. 
Sacre (sacre), P. Equivalent tod — d, when placed 

before a noun, but not half so profane. 
Sainte {sini). Toute la — journee, F. The whole 

blessed day. 
Sec (sec). Boire — . F. To drink like a trooper. 
Sapin {^Sipin), m. F. A cab. Une toux qui sent 

le — . P. Churchyard cough. 
Sapristi (sapristi), F. By Jingo.' Bless your soul.' 

(mild swearing). 
Savate (savat), f. Jouer comme une — . F. To 

play poorly. 



130 A BIT OF SLANG 

Savon (savon), m. F. A blowing up. 

Semaine (semen), f. , La — des quatre jeudis. F. 

When two Sundays come together (never). 
Serin {serin), m. F. Duffer. Faire le — . F. 

To play the fool. 
Sergot (sergo), m. P. Bobby. 
Singe {sinj), m. Payer en monnaie de — . F. To 

let one whistle for his money. 
Suif (siiif), m. F. Same as Abattage; Savon. 
Surin (siir/Vz). A knife (murderers' slang). 
Suriner (siirme). To stab (ditto). 

Tabac (taba), m. Etre passe a — . P. To be ill- 
treated by the police. 
Tanner (tane). To bore. Cet eleve a besoin 

d'etre — e. F. This boy iieeds a good tanning 

(whipping). 
Tante {tanX.), f. F. JJncle (pawnbroker). 
se Taper (tape). Tu peux te — . P. You may 

whistle for it. 
Tas (ta), m. Un — de choses. F. Lots of things. 
Timbale (//>?bal), f. Decrocher la — . F. To take 

the cake ; to knock off t/ie persimmons. 
Toquante {Xxicant), f. P. Ticker (watch). 
Tordant {foxdan), F. Ripping; splitting. 
Torgnole (torniol). f. P. Knock; thump. 
Toupet (toope), m. F. Cheek. 
Tournailler (toornaie), F. To potter abotit. 
Tripotee (tripote), f. F. Whacking; driibbing. 
Trogne (tronye), f. P. Drunkard's face. 
Trognon {Xxwiion), m. P. Ducky (darling). 

Also: Head. 
Trombine (/r^;/bin),.f. P. lYoddle. 
Troquet (troke), same as Mastroquet. 
Trottin (tr6//;z), m. F. Milliner's apprentice Avho 

"trots" with a bandbox. 
Trottoir (trotoar), m. Faire le— . F. To walk 

the streets. 
Tuile (tiiil), f. F. Awkward thing; mishap. 
Tuyau (tiiio), m. P. Tip (on races). Un — dc 

poele. F. A stove pipe {s\\\i\ia\.). 
Type (tip), m. Un bon — . F. A good chap. 

Un sale — . F. A beast. Un vieux — . F. 

An old fogey. 



A BIT OF SLANG I3I 

Urfe (lirf). C'est-! P. If s tip top! 

Vache (vash), f. Manger de la — enragee. F. To 

rough it. Parler fran9ais comme une — espag- 

nole. F. To murder the French language. 

Une bonne — a lait. F. A man out of whom 

you can squeeze money easily. 
Vadrouille (vadrooye), f. A scamp. 
Vadrouiller (vadrooie). F. To inotich about. 

To be on the booze. 
Vanne (vane), F. Done up. 
Veau (vo), m. Pleurer comme un — . F. To cr^- 

like a baby. 
Veinard (venar), ra. F. A lucky chap. 
Velo (velo). F. Abbreviation of "Velocipede." 

Aller en — . F. To ride a bicycle. 
Ventre [7' ant?-'), m. Prendre du — . F. To grow 

stout. 
Verte (vert), f. F. A glass of absinth. 
Veste (vest), f. Remporter une — . F. To fail. 
Veuve (vev), f. P. The guillotine. 
Vieille (vieye), f. Eh bien ! ma—! F. IVeiL' 

old chap! 
Violon {y\blo?i), m. F. Lock-up. See Boite. 
Voice (vole), f. F. Dressing. Une— de bois vert. 

F. A good dritbbing. 
Voyou (voaioo), m. F. Cad. 

Yeux (ie), m. II n'a pas froid aux — . F. He 
does 7iot funk. 

Zut (ziit). Hani^ it! You be blowed! Stuff! 
— alors ! F. " Well! dash it all! 



Ill— GOING TO PARIS 



There are so many steamship hnes plying 
between the New World and the Old, all vying 
with each other to attract passengers, that each 
individual taste and circumstance can be suited. 

The prices vary considerably, not only as 
between the several lines, and according to the 
location of berth or cabin, but each line changes 
its rates at will and without notice. We cannot 
quote any figures, therefore, and must refer our 
readers to the companies or their agents. 

A reduction of 5% to 10% is made on all return 
tickets, generally good for one year. It is wise to 
secure a return cabin or berth in advance, if pos- 
sible. 

Tickets issued in the U. S. are at present sub- 
ject to a war tax of S5-oo where the Ocean fare 
exceeds $60.00, $3.00 over $30.00 and not exceed- 
ing $60.00, and $1.00 not exceeding $30.00. This 
tax is collected in addition to the regular passage 
rate. 



ITINERARIES 

FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS. 

American Line. Every Wednesday. 

From New York to Southampton, six to seven 
days ; from Southampton to Havre, by 
sea, six hours; from Havre to Paris, by 
rail, four hours. 

Bremen-American Line (Norddeutscher Lloyd). 
Every Saturday. 
From New York to Southampton, seven to 
eight days ; from Southampton to Havre, 
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GOING TO PARIS 133 

by sea, five hours ; from Havre to Paris, 
by rail, four hours. 

Cunard Line. Every Saturday. 

From New York to Liverpool, seven to eight 
days; from Liverpool to London, by rail, 
four hours; from London to Dover, by 
rail, three hours; crossing the Channel, 
one and one-half to two and one-half 
hours ; from Calais or Boulogne to Paris, 
by rail, six hours. 

French Line (Compagnie Generale Transat- 
lantique). Ever}^ Saturday. 
From New York to Havre, eight days; from 
Havre to Paris, by rail, four hours. 

Hamburg- American Line. Express service, every 

other Thursday. 
From New York to Cherbourg, seven days ; 

from Cherbourg to Paris, by rail, six and 

one-half hours. 
A weekly service of this line crosses the ocean 

in ten da3'S. 

Holland-American Line. Every Saturday. 

From New York to Boulogne-sur-Mer, nine 
days; from Boulogne to Paris, by rail, 
four hours. 

Red Star Line. Every Wednesday. 

From New York to Antwerp, nine to ten days; 
from Antwerp to Paris, by rail, seven 
hours. 

White Star Line. Every Wednesday. 

From New York to Liverpool, seven to eight 
days ; from Liverpool to London, by rail, 
six hours; from London to Dover, by 
rail, three hours; crossing the Channel, 
one and one-half to two and one-half 
hours ; from Calais or Boulogne to Paris, 
by rail, six hours. 

There are a few minor steamers, but little known 
and somewhat cheaper, starting from New York, 
Boston and Philadelphia. They are not especially 
recommended. 



134 



GOING TO PARIS 



STEAMSHIP OFFICERS. 

The Captain is to be addressed as "captain," 
except on the French line, where the word "com- 
mandant" is used. He is the master of his ship, in 
law and in fact, during the trip. His will is supreme 
law and the sole authority in all serious matters. 
Do not bother him with com.pl aints about trifles. 

The Doctor is supposed to render his services 
free of charge, but in cases of treatment other 
than for sea-sickness, it is customary to send him 
a fee. Socially he ranks next to the captain and 
is a good companion, as a rule. 

The Purser will take care of your valuables, 
free of charge, and will procure access to your 
baggage "down in the hold" (don't say "down 
cellar" or "down stairs"). He also takes care of 
your letters to be mailed through pilot boats, etc. 

The Chief Steward is the manager, clerk and 
head waiter of the hotel-part of the service. If 
you wish to have a particular seat at meals, see him 
as soon as you get aboard. If rightly approached, 
he is in a position to add to your comforts. 

THE WATCHES ON BOARD SHIP. 

For purposes of discipline, and to divide the 
work fairly, the crew is mustered in two divisions : 
the Starboard Watch (right side, looking forward), 
and the Port Watch (left). The day commences 
at noon, and is thus divided: — : 



Afternoon Watch 

First Dog 

Second Dog 

First 

Middle 

Morning 

Forenoon 

This makes seven 
to keep them 



noon to 4 p.m. 

4 P.M. to 6 P.M. 

6 P.M. to 8 P.M. 

8 P.M. to midnight. 

12 A.M. to 4 A.M. 

4 A.M. to 8 A.M. 

8 A.M. to noon. 

Watches, which enables the 
alternately, as the Watch 
which is on duty in the forenoon one day has the 
afternoon next day, and the men who have only four 
hours' rest one night have eight hours the next. 

Time is kept by means of "Bells," the first half 
hour of each Watch being marked by "one bell," 
the second half hour by "two bells," etc. 



crew 



RAILROAD FARE TO PARIS 

From Forty-eight Important Places 

(See Frontispiece) 



Aix-les-Baius 

Angers 

Auvers (Antwerp). . . 

Bale (Basel) 

Barcelone 

Berlin 

Berne 

Bordeaux 

Boulogne s. M 

Bruxelles (Brussels) 

Calais 

Cherbourg 

Cologne 

Dieppe ... 

Dijon 

Francfort s. M 

Geneve (Geneva) 

Granville 

I.ausanne 

L,e Havre . . . . 

Leipzig (Leipsic) 

Liege 

Lille 

Limoges, 

Lisbon 

Londres (London) . . , 

Luchon 

Lyon 

Madrid 

Marseille 

Milan 

Munich 

Nancy 

Nantes 

Nice 

Reims 

Rennes 

Rome 

Rouen 

Strasbourg 

Toulon 

Toulouse 

Tours 

Turin 

Vienne (Vienna) 

Zurich 



1st Cla.ss. 


fr. 65 05 


34 50 


38 35 


59 05 


130 05 


118 40 


63 20 


64 20 


28 45 


34 60 


33 05 


41 55 


52 90 


18 50 


35 30 


77 75 


70 25 


36 75 


58 70 


25 55 


115 50 


38 95 


27 65 


44 80 


213 40 


43 25 


101 60 


57 25 


164 65 


96 65 


104 85 


103 70 


39 55 


44 35 


121 85 


17 45 


41 90 


187 55 


15 25 


56 70 


104 15 


79 85 


26 20 


90 75 


152 20 


68 85 



2d Class. 


fr. 43 90 


23 30 


26 75 


40 10 


89 65 


86 30 


42 40 


43 30 


19 20 


23 90 


22 30 


28 05 


37 60 


12 70 


23 30 


54 75 


47 30 


24 80 


39 25 


17 25 


84 20 


27 20 


18 65 


30 25 


154 75 


32 00 


68 55 


38 65 


116 65 


65 25 


72 25 


70 85 


26 70 


29 95 


82 25 


11 80 


28 25 


130 15 


10 30 


38 60 


70 30 


53 90 


17 70 


61 60 


103 15 


47 10 



3d Class. 



fr. 28 65 
15 20 

17 60 
26 45 

58 15 

28 40 
28 25 
12 50 
15 70 

14 55 

18 30 

8 30 

15 20 

30 85 

16 15 
23 10 

11 25 

17 90 

12 15 

19 70 
100 40 

23 25 

44 70 
25 20 
73 20 
42 55 
48 95 

17 40 
19 50 
53 65 

7 70 

18 45 
82 80 

6 70 

24 25 

45 85 
35 10 
11 55 
40 20 

31 60 



135 



IV.— PARIS AND SUBURBS 



Americans, like other foreigners, will do well to 
move about Paris in cabs rather than by means of 
the street cars and omnibus, especially when out 
sight-seeing, and a little planning should be done, 
to take in the sights as they are grouped together. 
By consulting our twenty district maps this will be 
an easy matter. 

We give here a somewhat complete list of the 
sights and places of interest, together with the 
pronunciation, which should be practiced well to 
avoid possible great annoyance and expense. 

Railroad Stations. 



Gares. 

Gare Saint-Lazare.* 

Asnieres. 

Saint-Cloud. 

Sevres; Ville d'Avray. 

Versailles. 

vSaint-Germain-en-Laye. 

Rouen. 

Dieppe. 

Le Havre. 

Cherbourg. 

Gare du Nord. 

Saint-Denis. 

Enghien. 

Montmorency. 

Chantilly. 

Compiegne. 

Amiens. 

Calais. 



Gar. 

gar-sm-la-zar. 

a-nier. 

sz'n-cloo. 

sevr' ; vil-da-vre. 

ver-saye. 

sz'n-j eY-7nm-an-\e. 

Too-an. 

diep. 

le havr'. 

sher-boor. 

gar-dii-nor. 

sm-d'nl. 

a7i-gin. 

mon-mb-ran-s\. 

s/iau-tiye-i. 

^on-pienye. 

a.-mim. 

ca-le. 



* The names given under each station-name are the prin- 
cipal cities for which the trains depart. 

136 




pantheon. 




Cour St Jacques. 



PLACES OF intp:rest 



137 



Gares 

(suite). 

Gare de Lyon. 
Melun. 

Fontainebleau. 
Lyon. 
Avignon. 
Marseille. 
Cannes. 
Nice. 
Monaco. 

Gare d'Orle;ans. 
Poitiers. 
Bordeaux. 
Toulouse. 

Gare de Sceaux. 
Gare de Vincennes. 
Gare de l'Est. 

Nancy. 

Metz. 

Strasbourg. 

Bale. 

Lucerne. 



Gar 

(siiit). 

gav-de-Mon. 

me-///;/. 

y6';/-ten-bl6. 

lion. 

a-vin-wn. 

mar-seye. 

can. 

nis. 

m5-na-k6. 

gar-d6r-]e-an. 
poa-tie. 
bor-do. 
too-looz. 

gar-de-so. 
gar-de-7'/>/-sen, 

gar de lest. 

nc?;/-si. 

mess. 

strass-boor. 

bal. 

lii-sern. 



Fonts (Bridges). 

Pont du Point du Jour, 
d'lena. 
de I'Alma. 
d'Alexandre IIL 
des Invalides. 
de la Concorde, 
de Solferino. 
Ro3'al. 

du Carrousel, 
des Arts. 
Neuf. 

Saint-Michel, 
au Change. 
Notre-Dame. 
d'Austerlitz. 
de Bercy. 



Pon. 

poll dii p6/;/ dii joor. 

,, die-na. 

,, de-lal-ma. 

,, d'alek-s^?;/dr-tr6a. 

,, de-.s'/>/-va-lid. 

,, de-la-r6';/-c6rd. 

,, de-sol-fe-ri-no. 

, , roa-ial. 

, , dii-ca-roo-zel. 

,, de-zar. 

,, nef. 

,, .y/>/-mi-shel. 

,, o-s/ian]. 

,, no-tre-dam. 

,, dos-ter-litz. 

., de-ber-si. 



138 



PLACES OF INTEREST 



Grands Boulevards. 

Boulevard de la Madeleine, 
des Capucines. 
des Italiens. 
Montmartre. 
Poissonniere. 
Bonne Nouvelle. 
Saint-Denis, 
Saint-Martin, 
du Temple. 
Beaumarchais. 



Gran-bOOl-Var. 

bool-var de-la-mad-len. 
de-ca-pii-sin, 
de-zi-ta-li/;z. 
7non-m£ivtr' . 
p6a-s6-nier. 
bon noo-vel. 
smd-ni. 
sm-mav-tm. 
dn-/anpV. 
bo-mar-she. 



Avenues et autres Boule- 
vards. 

Avenue de I'Opera. 

,, des Champs Ely sees. 
Boulevard Saint-Germain. 

Saint-Michel. 

de Sebastopol. 

de Strasbourg. 

Haussman. 

Malesherbes. 



Av-nii e otr' bool- 
var. 

av-nii de-16-pe-ra. 

de s/ia/i-ze-\i~ze. 
bool-var .y/;?-jer-min. 

sm-mi-shel. 

se-bas-to-pol. 

de-stras-boor. 

OS man. 

mal-zerb. 



Places (Squares). 

Place du Chatelet. 

de la Republique. 

de la Concorde. 

Vendome. 

de I'Etoile. 

du Carrousel. 

de la Bastille. 

de la Bourse. 

de r Europe. 

du Havre. 

de la Madeleine. 

de la Nation. 

du Palais-Royal. 

Pigalle. 

Saint-Michel. 

de r Opera. 



Plas. 

plas-dii sha-tle. 

de-la-re-pii-blic. 

de-\a-co;i-c6rd. 

van-dbvci. 

de-le-toal. 

dii-ca-roo-zel. 

de-la-bas-tiye. 

de-la-boors'. 

de-le-rop. 

dii havr'. 

de-la-mad-len. 

de-la-na-si^;z. 

dii pa-le-roa-ial. 

pi-gal. 

52;z-mi-shel. 

de-16-pe-ra. 



PLACES OF INTEREST 



139 



Monuments et Curio- 
sites (Sights). 

L' Exposition. 

Le Bois de Boulogne. 

Les Buttes-Chaumont. 

Les Bois de Vincennes. 

Les Jardin d'Acclimata- 
tion. 

Les Halles Centrales. 

Le Jardin des Plantes. 

Le Jardin des Tuileries. 

Le Pare Monceau. 

Le Cimetiere du Fere 
Lachaise. 

Le Musee du Luxem- 
bourg. 

Le Musee de Cluny. 

La Tour Eiffel. 

La Colonne Vendome. 

La Colonne de Juillet. 

La Fontaine Saint- 
Michel. 

La Tour Saint-Jacques. 

La Forte Saint-Martin. 

La Porte Saint-Denis. 

La Morgue. 



Mo-nii-man e Cu-rio- 
zi-te. 

Iex-p6-zi-ssuv/. 
le-boad'boo-lonye. 
le but-sh6-n\on. 
le-b6ad-v/;/-sen. 
\e-ja.Y-(f/;i da-cli-ma-ta- 

sw;i. 
\e-a\-san-tra.\. 
le-jar-rt'/;/ de-/f/a;it. 
\e-jar-di;i de tiiil-ri. 
le-parc-wf/z-so. 
le-sim-tier dii-per- 

la-shez^ 
le-mii-se dn~\u-/csnn- 

boor. 
le-mii-zed-clii-ni. 
la-toor-e-fel. 
la-c6-lon 7/^?;/-dom. 
Ia-c6-16n de-jliie. 
\a-/on-ten sin- 

mi-shel. 
la-tour 5'/;/-jak. 
la-port siji-vakx-tiii. 
la-port shid-ni. 
la-morg. 



Rues (Streets). 

Rue de Rivoli. 

Saint Honore. 

du Faubourg Saint- 
Honore. 

Roy ale. 

d' Amsterdam. 

Saint Antoine. 

du Faubourg Saint- 
Antoine. 

Saint-Denis. 

du Fauborg Saint- 
Denis. 

Lafayette. 

de Turbigo. 

de Chateau dun. 

de la Roquette. 



RU. 

rii de-ri-v6-li. 
j"/;/-t6-n6-re. 
dii-fo-boor siii- 

to-no-re. 
roa-ial. 

dam-ster-dam. 
sin-tan-'iodCQ.. 
dii-fo-boor siii- 

^a/i-toan. 
smd-nl. 
dii-fo-boor smd- 

ni. 
la-fa-iet. 
de-tUr-bi-go. 
de-sha-io- i/iai. 
de-la-ro-ket. 



140 



PLACES OF INTEREST 



Edifices Publics et 
Eglises.* 



E-di-fis-pii-blic -e 
E-g-llz. 



{a) RIGHT BANK OF THE SEINE. 



Le Trocadero. 
L'Arc de Triomphe. 
La Madeleine, f 
Le Louvre. 
Saint-Roch.f 
Le Palais-Royal. 
St Germain I'Auxerrois.f 
L' Hotel deVille. 
La Bourse. 
L'Opera. 
La Trinite. f 

Notre-Dame du Sacre 
Coeur.f 



le-tro-ca-dero. 
larc-de-tri-6';zf. 
la-mad-len. 
le loovr'. 
si?i-roc. 

le-pa-le-roa-ial. 
sin-]er-7nzn 16-kse-r6a. 
lo-tel de-vil. 
la-boors. 
16-pe-ra. 
la-tri-ni-te. 
no-tre-dam dli-sa-cre- 
ker. 



{b) ISLAND OF THE CITY AND LEFT BANK OF THE 
SEINE. 



Notre-Daine.f 

Le Palais de Justice. 

La Sainte Chapelle.f 

La Sorbonne.f 

Saint-Etienne-du-Mont. f 

Le Pantheon. 

Le Palais du Luxem- 
bourg. 

Saint-Sulpice.f 

L' Hotel des Invalides. 

La Chambre des Depu- 
tes. 



no-tre-dam. 

le-pa-led-jtis-tis. 

la-j"/;zt-sha-pel. 

la-sor-bon. 

.y/;^-te-tien d\i-?no7i. 

\e-pa?i-ie-on. 

le-pa-le dii \n-ksa71- 

boor. 
j'/;z-siil-pis. 
lo-tel de-^'/Vz-va-lid. 
IsL-s/ianhr' de-de-pU-te. 



Bateaux 
sur la Seine. 



Ba-to 
siir-la-sen. 



Three kinds: — 

I. Express. — From Charenton (sha-r^/z-Zt?;?) to 
Viaduc d'Auteuil (via-diic do-teye). Fare, ofr. 20 — 
Sundays, o fr. 25. Time of journey, i h. 20. Stop 
mainly on the left bank of the Seine. 



* The sign t indicates a church, 
lish churches, see p. 147. 



For American and Eng- 




pa I a is de Justice ef Sfe. Chapel I e. 




Jirmrji c^j Congnu. 



PLACES OF INTEREST I41 

2. Mouches. — From Pont d'Austerlitz {pon-^o- 
ster-litz) to Auteuil (6-teye). Fare all the way, 
o fr. 10 — Sundays, o fr. 20. Time of journey, 
40 min. Stop mainly on the right bank of the 
Seine. 

3. Hirondelles. — From Pont Royal (/6';/-r63,-ial) 
to Saint-Cloud (j>\/;/-c1oo). Fare, o fr. 20 all the 
way — Sundays, o fr. 40. Time of journey, i h. 10. 

A boat (Le Touriste) from Paris to Saint-Ger- 
main {sm-]eY -7)1171) leaves the Pont-Royal every 
day at 10:30 (ist May to 30th September). Fare, 
single, 3 fr. ; return, 3 fr. 50. Time of journey, 
3 h. 30 m. There is a Cafe-Restaurant on board. 
Luncheon, 4 fr. and 6 fr ; dinner, 5 fr. and 7 fr. 



FAMOUS SUBURBAN PLACES OF 
INTEREST. 

Versailles. — 45 minutes from Paris. Magnificent 
Palace, Picture Galleries and Park. Residence 
of Louis XIV, XV, XVI, Marie Antoinette, 
etc. Twice a month, on Sunda^-s in summer, 
the mighty waterworks play. See posters for 
dates. 

St. Cloud. — 30 min. from Paris. Ruins of the 
Imperial Palace, destroyed during the Franco- 
Prussian war in 1S71, superb park and water- 
works. 

Fontainbleau.— One hour from Paris. Fine old 
palace built by Francis 1. Very large and 
most picturesque forest ; much frequented by 
artists. Race-track. 

St. Germain. — 40 min. from Paris. Old chateau 
f)ccupied by Louis XIII, and later by King 
James II of England after the revolution of 
1688. Beautiful terrace everlooking the valley 
of the Seine. Fine forest. 

Chantilly. — 50 min. from Paris. Old chateau of 
the Princes of Conde, entirely renovated by 
the late Duke d'Aumale and filled with gems 
of art. Admirably well-laid-out forest. ]^Iost 
fashionable race-track in France. 



THEATERS AND PLACES OF AMUSE- 
MENT 

There are two great curses, thank goodness, 
which are not to be found in American theaters, 
and these are: la claque and Pouvreuse. 

La claque consist of a clapping set of hirelings, 
who are paid to applaud at a given moment, and 
who acquit themselves of their task in a deafening 
chorus. 

The other curse is Voicvreuse or box-opener. 
She is a woman, and rarely a paragon of grace or 
politeness. 

She will take care of your coat, umbrella, and 
stick. Usual tip, from v^ to 50 centimes. Less, 
if you dare, of course ! 

The box-office at most theaters is open from 10 
or II A.M. till 6 P.M. 

■Places booked in advance usually cost from 
o fr. 50 to 2 fr. more each. Always consult the 
plan of seats. 

In most theaters, the performance begins at 8 or 
8:30 (see 4th page of newspapers) with a curtain 
raiser, Lever de Rideau or "Farce." The play 
begins about 9 o'clock, and is rarely over before 
midnight. 

If you have not booked a seat in advance, go 
early, take your place at the end of the line, and 
try to curb your Yankee propensity of pushing 
yourself in front of your neighbors. 

Theaters are open on Sundays, when matinees 
are usually given, especially in winter. 

Ladies are not admitted to the pit, nor, in many 
theaters, to the orchestra stalls. 



Theaters, etc. The:atres, etc. 

Te-atr'. 

The pit. The box. Le parterre. La loge. 

le-par-ter. la-16j. 

The orchestra stall. Le fauteuil d'orchestre. 

le-fo-teye dor-kestr'. 
142 



THEATERS. ETC. 



143 



The dress circle. 

ist or 2nd circle. 

The gallery. 

Where is the — theater? 



Coachman, to the 
Moulin Rouge. 

Which is the way to the 
Casino de Paris? 



Where is the ticket- 
office? 

Have you any good 
seats at 5 or 6 francs? 



Where shall I (we) wait 
for 3 franc seats? 



At what time does the 
play begin? 

Where is the green 
room? 

Where is the refresh- 
ment-room? 

When is the perform- 
ance over? 



Les fauteuils de balcon. 
le-fo-teye de-bal-con. 

La premiere galerie. 
la-pre-mier gal-ri. 

L'amphitheatre. 
/an-ii-te-atT\ 

Ou se trouve le theatre 

de— ? 
oos-troov le-te-atr' de — ? 

C o c h e r, a u Moulin 

Rouge, 
co-she, o-moo-lm rooj. 

Quel est le chemin pour 
aller au Casino de 
Paris? 

kel-el-she-////>/ poor a-le 6 
ca-zi nod-pa-ri? 

Ou est le bureau de loca- 
tion? 
00-el bii-rod-lo-ca-sic';/? 

Avez - vous de bonnes 
places a cinq ou six 
francs? 

a-ve-voo de-bon plas, a- 
siJi koo-si-/r an? 

On faut-il attendre pour 
les places a 3 francs? 

00 fo-til a-tandr' poor le 
plas a.-tv6a.-/ran? 

A quelle heure com- 
mence la piece? 
a-kel-er c6-;/z«;/s la-pies? 

Ou est le foyer? 
oo-el-fo-ie? 

Ou est le cafe du theatre? 
00-el-ca-fe dii te-atr'.'' 

Quand la representation 

finit-elle? 
ran-\a.v pre-zan - ta - swn 

fi-ni tel? 



144 THEATERS, ETC. 

THEATERS. 

Grand Opera House; four times a week, 

all the year round. 
Opera-Comique, the second home of State 

grand opera. ^ Institu^ 

Theatre Franqais; highest class French f 

spoken here. | tions. 

Odeon, a minor Theatre Frangais, away | 

from the center. I 

Vaudevme [ ^^^^^^V V^^Y^^ high-toned comedies. 
Renaissance, Sarah Bernhardt's old theater. 
Ponte-Saint-Martin, the home of "Cyrano de 
Bergerac." 

pPl,^^", I ^1*^0^ ^^^ thunder Dramas; spectacu- 
P ., , f lar works; very large stages. 

Palais-Royal ) 

Varietes I Excellent farcical plays. 

Nouveantes ) 

Cluny, the students of Quartier Latin's resort. 

Theatre de la Republique, popular dramas. 

Antoine, modern, sensational plays. 

Bouffes-Parisiens ) ^^^ operettas. 

Fohes-Dramatiques ) 

And a dozen minor, low-priced houses for the 
working classes. 

BALL-ROOMS. 

I have known Americans to speak of the London 
Alhambraand Empire as "bad" places, and, on one 
or two occasions, I have met Americans of this 
highly respectable type (pardon my frankness) in 
such highly respectable establishments as the 
Moulin Rouge, Le Casino de Paris, Les Folies 
Bergere, to say nothing of the Bal Bullier, and 
other places. . . 

Assuming that it is wrong to go to the Empire, 
but right to go to the Moulin Rouge, it is my duty 
here to give you some information about these 
places. 

Folies-Bergere (fo-li-ber-ger), rue Richer, 32. 
Entrance 2 fr. (Seats, 3, 4, 5 fr.) 



THEATERS, ETC. 145 

Casino de Paris (ca-zi-nod-pa-ri), rue Blanche, 
15. Entrance 2 fr. (Seats, from 3 to 8 fr.) 

Olympia (6-//;/-pia), boulevard des Capucines, 
28. Entrance 2 fr. 

Le Moulin Rouge (le-moo-//;/-rooj), place 
Blanche. Entrance 2 or 3 fr. 

Bal Bullier (bal-bii-lie), students' ball, not open 
every day, carrefour de I'Observatoire. Entrance 
I fr. (Thursdays 2 fr. ) 

Parisiana (pari-ziana), Boulevard Montmartre. 
From 3 fr. up. 

Nouveau Cirque (noo-v6-sirk), rue St-Honore, 
5, 3, and 2 fr. — Unite respectable. 

Cirque d'Hiver (sirk-di-ver), boulevard du 
Temple. From i fr. up. — Quite respectable. 

CAFES CONCERTS. 

L'Eldorado (lel-do-ra-do), boulevard Sebasto- 
pol. 

La Scala (la-sca-la), opposite. 

And a number of minor resorts for which see the 
Daily Pape7-s. 

The entrance to the above used to be free, but 
"gents" had to give an "order", for which a 
charge was made varying from i to 3 fr. , accord- 
ing to the seat occupied. Now, admission is 
charged at the rate of 2 to 5 fr. for good seats. 

Beware of Pickpockets in All Places. 

At the Grand Opera, and other "respectable" 
places, don't go into boxes in a Scotch tweed suit. 
Put on a black coat — a Prince Albert, if possible; 
an evening suit is still better. 

Ladies, in French theaters, never wear low- 
neck dres.ses, except in the boxes at the Opera. 
Opera Comique. and Theatre Frangais. Only in 
a few theaters are they allowed to sit in the par- 
quet or orchestra sections; the most fashionable 
seats for them, outside of the boxes, are in the 
front rows of the First Gallej-y. Ladies inay go 
to all the theaters without escort, but it is not 
good form to do so. Matinees are given on Sun- 
days only. 



PALAIS BOURBOM 

Le Palais Bourbon or Chambre des Deputes, 

is, to the connoisseur, one of the most interesting- 
places of amusement in Paris. The performers — 
over five hundred in number — sit in groups and 
make laws for the benefit of the Chers Concitoyens. 
They are not so well paid as Yvette Guilbert, as 
they only get 25 fr. per diem and per head. The 
fun comes in this way : Every man is expected to 
do his duty, but, as every man understands his 
duty in a different way, this divergency of opinion 
is naturally provocative of laughter, m.uch laugh- 
ter, applause, hilarity, jokes of varying quality, 
and of admiring ah's, or rebuking oh's, as the case 
may be. 

The performers address one another as "gentle- 
men," "honorable gentlemen," or "pots of wine" 
{boodlers) — as the case may be. The last ap- 
pellation is somewhat conducive to dueling, 
that brand of manly self-defense, v/hich has fallen 
into "innocuous desuetude" in the land of cow- 
boys and colonels, while in polished, elegant 
France it is still in rather innocuous practice. 

Foreign journalists always muster in large num- 
bers there. Herr von Blowitz, the gr-r-r-r-reat 
correspondent of the Londo7i Times, is always 
present at gala performances, at the beginning of 
each session, I mean. This "Austrian" gentle- 
man was, a few years ago, decorated with the 
badge of the Legion of Honor by the " French" 
government for special services rendered to the 
"English" press and "German" Embassy. 

This temple, sometimes aptly called the temple 
of discord, is ironically situated near the Place de 
la Concorde. 

Visitors are cautioned against bringing in loaded 
kettles or other explosives, imder a penalty not to 
exceed the loss of their head. 

Admission free on application. 
146 



CHURCHES 

AMERICAN, ENGLISH, AND OTHER CHL'RCHES (NOT 
ROMAN CATHOLIC) 

American Church (Episcopal), 21 Rue de Berri. 
The Rev. Edward G. Thurber, D.D. Morning 
service at 11 a. m. 

American Church (Presbyterian), 17 Rue 
Bayard, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Rev. P. Beaton, M. A. 

English Church, Rue d'Aguesseau, opposite the 
English Embassy. Prayers and Sermon 11 a.m., 
3:30, and 8 p.m. H0I3' communion 8:30 and 11 
A.M. Rev. H. E. Noyes, D.D. 

Victoria Church (Anglican), 7 Rue des Bassins, 
avenue d'lena. — 8:30, 11:45 a.m.; 8 p.m. Rev. 
George Washington, M.A. 

Christ Church (Anglican), 49 Boulevard Bineau, 
Pare de Neuilly. — 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m.; in French, 
7:30 P.M. Rev. Herbert Alder, Chaplain. 

Baptist Church (in connection with the Amer- 
ican Baptist Missionary Union), 48 Rue de Lille, 
Pont Royal. Service at 2 p.m. Pastor, Th. Vin- 
cent. 

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Rue Roquepine, 
II a.m. and 8 p.m. Pastor, the Rev. H. Bramlev 
Hart. 

Gallican Church, 3 Rue d'Arras. Choral service 
at 10 A.M. Vespers at 3:30. 

English Congregational Church, 23 Rue 
Royale. Sundays, 11:15 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Fri- 
days, II A.M. and 8 p.m. 

Second Baptist Church, 133 Rue St-Denis. 
Pastor, R. Saillens and O. Foulquier. Divine 
servnce (French) at 2 and 8 p.m. 

Nouvelle Eglise Chretienne, or " Nouvelle 
Jerusalem," Temple, 12 Rue Thouin (Pantheon). 
Service at 3 p.m. Pastor, Rev. C. Humann. 

147 



HOURS OF DIVINE SERVICE IN CATHO- 
LIC CHURCHES 

{For location of Catholic churches see District 
Maps) 

Low Mass, every half hour from 6 to 9. High 
Mass, 10 to 10:30 a.m. Vespers, 3 p.m. Charge 
for chairs, i or 2 cents. 

The sermon is preached at High Mass, and usu- 
ally has three points: the first, the second, and 
the third point. It is never read, is sometimes 
]ong and dull, but more often interesting, scholarly, 
and well delivered. French preachers gesticulate, 
of course, but however anxious they may be to 
drive home some truth in a forcible way, they 
never drop from the pulpit to show their congre- 
gation how easy it is to fall into evil, as the late 
Mr. Spurgeon once did. 

The collection takes place after the sermon ; it 
is therefore very bad form to leave the church 
then. But Americans are proverbially generous, 
and always willing to spare a franc. Besides, the 
voluntary, which is played immediately after on 
the organ, is always worth listening to, especially 
at Notre-Dame, La Trinite, St. Eustache, and St. 
Sulpice. 

The church of any creed is entitled to your 
respect. You are quite at liberty to join heartily 
in the responses and psalms, but you must not 
talk loudly or walk about. 

And "so, whether you are an episcopalian or a 
methodist, a theosophist or an anabaptist, a 
puseyist or a Salvationist, or some other sectist, 
and whether you are fond or not of praising Him 
upon the loud cymbals, it matters little; but 
remember that it is written: "My house shall be 
a house of prayer for all nations. ' ' 

148 



MAPS 

OF THE 

Twenty Municipal Districts 

OF PARIS 



At the foot of each map the places of interest in 
the district are indicated. 



149 



I50 



FIRST DISTRICT. 




Palais, Galeries et Jardins du Palais-Royal. 
Halles Centrales. Coloiine Vendome. 

Palais et Musees du Louvre. Ob^lisque de Luqsor. 

St. Roch. Grande Poste. 

St. Germain I'Auxerrois, Statue de Jeanne d'Arc. 



SECOND DISTRICT. 



151 







Palais de la Bourse. 
Entrepot ties Grains. 
Credit Lyonnais. 
Notre Dame des Victoires. 



Statue de Loui.s XIV. 
Banque de France. 
Opera Comique. 
Bibliothdque Nationals. 



152 



THIRD DISTRICT. 







St. Denis. 

Marche du Temple. 

Conservatoire des Arts et 

Metiers. 
Archives Nationales. 



St. Nicolas. 
Theatre de la Gaite. 
Ecole Centrale des Arts et 

Manufactures. 
Imprimerie Nationale. 



FOURTH DISTRICT. 153 




Notre-Dame. 
St. Merri. 
Hotel Dieu. 
H6tel de Ville. 
La Morgue. 
Mont de Piet€. 



Caserne Napoleon. 
Caserne de la Garde 
St. Louis-en rile. 
Prefecture de Police. 
Tribunal de Commerce 
Assistance-Publique. 



154 



FIFTH DISTRICT. 







Pantheon. 
Halle aux Vins. 
ificole Normale. 
Val-de-Grace. 
Ste. Clotilde. 
Ecole Lavoisier. 
Musee de Cluny. 
Soibonne. 
Pharmacie Centrale. 



Jardin des Plantes. 
College de France, 
^eole Polytechnique. 
Hopital de la Piti^. 
Lycee Henri IV. 
Lycee Louis-le-Grand. 
St. Julien le Pauvre. 
St. Etienne du Mont. 
Bibliotheque Ste. Genevieve. 



SIXTH DISTRICT. 



155 




Odeon. St. Sulpice. 

Ecole des Mines. 

Ecole de Medecine. 

Ecole St. Nicolas. 

Lycee St. Louis. 

Hotel des Monnaies. 

Palais et Jardin du Luxenibourg:. 



St. Severin. 
ficole de Phaimacie. 
Ecole des Beaux Arts. 
College Stanislas. 
Institut de France. 
St. Germain des Pres. 
Hopital de la Charite. 



SEVENTH DISTRICT. 




Guerre, 
^cole Militaire. 
Affaires Etrangeres. 
Instruction Publique. 
Charabre des D^put^s 



Agriculture. Sacre Cceur. 



Garde- Meuble. 
Legion d'Honneur. 
Champ de Mars. 
Hotel des Invalides. 



EIGHTH DISTRICT. 



157 



5^^!j 1 




Palais de I'lfelys^e. 
Palais de 1 Industrie, 
(rased in 1898). 

Eglise Russe. 
Pare Monceau. 
Ministere de la Marine. 



Arc de Triomphe. 
Gare St. Lazare. 
La Madeleine. 
Hopital Beanjon. 
Place de la Concorde. 
Ministere de I'lnt^rieur. 



158 NINTH DISTRICT. 



^^^^|6\ 




il'^o^>>of.^yp<r\ r~ 



0^»- 



^>>z 



v\ 



fieole Superienre du Commerce. 
Grand Opera. Trinity. 

College Rollin. Comptoir d'Escompte. 

Square Montholon. Lycee Condorcet. 

Theatre du Vaudeville. Notre Dame de Lorette. 



TENTH DISTRICT. 



159 




Gare du Nord. 
Porte St. Denis. 
HOpital St. Louis. 
Hotel des Dou:uies. 
Statue de la Republiqui-. 
Theatre de la Porte St. M. 
Hopital de Lariboisiere. 



Gare de I'Est. 
Poite St. Martin. 
Hopital St. Martin. 
St. Vincent dePaul. 
Theatre du Gjmnase. 
Theatre de rAmbigu. 
Theatre de la Renaissance. 



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ELEVENTH DISTRICT. 




Place du Trone. Cirque d'Hiver. Gare de Vincennes. 

Petite Roquette, Prison. Grande Roquette, Prison. 



TWELFTH DISTRICT. 



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figlise de I'lmmaculee 

Conception. 
Tombe de Lafayette. 
Magasins Militaires. 
Manufacture des Tabacs. 
Notre Damede la Nativity. 



Place et Colonne de la 

Bastille. 
Gare de Lyon. 
Hopital Roihsichild. 
Oratolre de Picpus. 
Entrepot des Vins de Bercy. 



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THIRTEENTH DISTRiCT. 




Hopital de la Salpetriere. 
Atelier de Construction de St. Marcel de la Maison 

Villejuif. Blanche. 

Gare d"0rl6ans. Hotel des Gobelins. 

Notre Dame de la Gare. EntrepSt des Farines. 



FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. ,63 




statue du Marechal Ney 



Hopital des Enfants Assist^s. 

Gare Montparnasse. 

Observatoire. 

Hopital Cochin. 

Hopital du Midi. 

Hdpital La Rochefoucauld. 



Couvent de la Visitation. 
Cimetiere Montparnasse. 
Lion de Belfort. 
ficole d' Architecture. 
St. Pierre de Montrouge. 
Hopital de La Maternity. 



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FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. 




H6pital Necker. Caserne Desaix. 

:fieole St. Jean Baptiste. St. Lambert. 

Gare de I'Ouest (Marchandises). Cimetiere de Grenelle. 



SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. 



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Trocadero. Mus^e Galliera. Arc de Triomphe. 

Bois de Boulogne. Notre Dame d'Auteuil. 

Chateau et Pare de la Muette. Eglise de 1' Annonciation. 



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SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. 




Gare des Marchandises (Ouett). 
St. Francois des Ternes. St. Michel des Battignolles. 



EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. 



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St. Bernard. 
Butte Montmartre. 
ifeglise tlu Sacre Coeur. 



Usine h. Gaz. 

St. Pierre de Montmartre. 

Notre Dame de Clignancourt. 



68 NINETEENTH DISTRICT. 




Marche aux Chevaux de la Villette. 
Canal de I'Ourcq. Abattoirs de la Villette. 

Pare des Buttes Chaumont. St. Jacques et St. Christophe. 



TWENTIETH DISTRICT. 



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Hopital Tenon. 
Caserne des Bassins. 
Notre Dame de la Croix. 



Lac St. Fargeau. 
St. Jean-Baptiste. 
Cimetiere du Pere La Chaise. 



v.— TELEGRAPH AND CABLE CODE 

Tourists will find it a great convenience to be 
able to telegraph to their friends at home, or trav- 
eling like themselves but by a different route, 
without any one knowing their business, at a great 
saving over ordinar)^ rates, and without the danger 
of misunderstandings through the fault of the 
operator. 

Such are the advantages of using a code. Of 
course each of the pe 7- sons interested must have^- 
a copy of the code on his body (not in a trunk or 
satchel, that may get lost). 

The code printed here is as complete as it can 
be made for general use. Additional words to 
convey special messages adapted to personal cir- 
cumstances can be added on the blank pages in 
the back part of this guide. In choosing additional 
ciphers remember that 

1. No cipher-word should contain more than ten 
letters. 

2. The words must be enough different from the 
others to exclude any possibility of confusion 
through faulty transmission. 

3. The words must be of such a character that 
they cannot be taken for anything but a cipher. 

Each word in small-cap. type represents the sen- 
tence printed opposite. 

The blanks in the sentences are iilled out by 
proper names, dates, etc. 

Securing Passage. 

Abstruse . ...What is the fare for passage to ? 

Adamant Please send list of sailings for 



Affinity Please secure accommodation on 

steamship for self and wife. 

Agnostic — Please secure accommodation on 

Line for self, wife and family. 

170 



TELEGRAPH AND CABLE CODE 171 

Alembic Secure stateroom on the and 

advise number. 

Amnesty My passage is not engaged. 

Antelope ....Inside berths preferred. 
Antlmony.... Outside berths preferred. 

Aoi'ATic Adjoining rooms preferred. 

Arterial As near amidships as possible. 

Athletic ....Your passage is secured. 

ArniTOR We have secured the rooms by steamer 

sailing 

Autocrat.... Cannot secure the desired berth. 
Avarice We cannot secure rooms by that 

steamer. 

Departure. 

Bachelor On what date do you leave? 

Balcony 1 (we) sail to-day. 

Balloon I (we) sail Monday. 

Baluster I (we) sail Wednesday. 

Bandit I (we) sail per on . 

Barbeci^e is better, and we expect to leave 

here on the . 

Baritone Cannot sail (or leave) to-day. 

Barnacle Cannot sail (or leave) to-morrow. 

Basilisk Cannot sail (or leave) till Monday. 

Bastile Cannot sail (or leave) till Friday. 

Bedizen Will not be ready to leave until . 

Benefice Departure delayed on account of . 

Benzine Urgent business prevents my leaving 

by . 

Betrayal ....I (we) think it best to postpone de- 
parture. 
Beverage . ..Do not delay your departure. 
Biology I (we) think it best to postpone 

departure until ; if no further 

advice, shall sail on that date per 

steamship . 

Bismuth We are detained here by illness, and 

cannot say when we shall be able 

to leave. 
Bitumex Cannot sail by ; will come next 

steamer. 
Bivouac Departure postponed; will wire you 

date I leave. 



172 TELEGRAPH AND CABLE CODE 

Letters and Telegrams. 

Blockade. ...Any mail for me or my party? 

Blowpipe Any telegrams or cables for me? 

Bobolink ....Have you any letters forme? If so, 

please forward to . 

Bombast Have you a registered letter on 

hand? 

Boniface Have no registered letter for you. 

Botany Have the following mail matter on 

hand for . 

Brigadier. ... Have important letters for you. 

Brocade Have nothing on hand for you. 

Buffoon We have telegram for you; shall we 

forward. 
Cactus We have inquired at post ofhce; no 

letters there. 
Cadet Please send letters to this j^lace till 

otherwise directed. 

Caitiff Please send letters to until . 

Caldron Please send letters to this place till 

the . 

Calomel In consequence of the illness of 

we are detained here for the pres- 
ent; please send our letters here 

accordingly. 
Campaign If you wish to communicate with 

me by telegraph, do so at • 

before . 

Cannibal Forward no more mail here after 

Canticle Please hold my letters till further 

advice. 
Capricorn.... Have you forwarded mail matter 

according to instructions? 
Cardinal ....Have forwarded your mail matter as 

desired. 

Category.... Mail matter was sent to . 

Cavalier. ...,Have not forwarded mail matter. 

Cayenne Mail matter duly received. 

Centurion... Mail matter not received. 

Cerement Telegram received ; have done as 

requested. 
Chalice Don 't understand instructions ; please 

repeat. 



TELEGRAPH AND CABLE CODE 173 

Chancery. ...Please advise by letter. 

Charade Please advise by telegraph. 

Cherubim ....Please make inquiries at the post 
office. 

Hotel Accommodation. 

Daffodil ....Can you accommodate a party of . 

Darksome. ...Please reserve rooms for self and 

friends to-night. 
Decimate Can you accommodate self, wife and 

maid? 
Denizen Please reserve rooms for self and 

friend to-morrow. 
Deponent Please reserve good room; shall be 

in to-night. 
Dewdrop . .. Please reserve good room ; shall be in 

to-morrow. 
Diadem Please reserve rooms for me at the 

hotel. 

Diagnose Reserve my rooms; shall be with you 

on . 

Didactic We can accommodate your party. 

Digital Unable to accommodate your party; 

house full. 

Diocese We have reserved rooms. 

Diploma Rooms reserved for you at hotel 

named in letter. 

Express, Storage, etc. 

Eclipse Forward goods to care of . 

Effigy Forward goods so as to reach here 

by . 

Emissary Please pay all charges and debit me. 

Endemic...... Have forwarded your goods to . 

Exodus Goods detained at customs. 

Remittances. 

Festoon Are you in need of money? 

Flotilla Money almost exhausted. 

Fossil. If 3'-oudonot remit shall be in trouble. 

Fragile Remit immediately by telegraph. 

Fulcrum Impossible to remit before . 



174 TELEGRAPH AND CABLE CODE 

Return, 

Galaxy Is it necessary for us to return at 

once? 

Gallop Telegraph if it is necessary I should 

return. 

Galvanic ....If agreeable, will remain another 
week. 

Garland Return by first steamer. 

Gazelle Return at once. 

Gelatine Return as soon as possible. 

Geology Advise you to hurry home. 

Geranium.... Return at once; important matters 
require your presence here. 

Gewgaw You must be here by the . 

Grenade is dangerously ill, and the doctors 

think you should return at once. 

Hectic No necessity for you to return yet. 

Hemlock You need not return till . 

Hydrant... .No need to hasten home; everything 
going on well. 

Hyphen Nothing here requiring your return. 

Icicle Please prepay my passage, and tele- 
graph me name of steamer. 

Jasmine. Have prepaid your passage as re- 
quested. 

Jubilee.. -«,,.I have prepaid your passage per , 

Miscellaneous. 

Kolokol I am (we are) urged to prolong my 

stay here weeks. I shall 

assume that you consent until I 
receive your answer by telegraph 
or letter. 

Kurdistan. .The weather has been so unfavorable 
that we (I) have not been able to 
carry out our plans, and we shall 
stay here. Letter follows. 

Labadism Have met with painful accident. 

Please hurry to my aid here at the 
hotel (or hospital). 

LACHESis,....Your friend lies very ill at this 

point, hotel or hospital. He 

(she) speaks of you. Please tele- 
graph what you wish done. 



VI.— CONCERNING PASSPORTS 

Americans will lind it to their interest to pro- 
vide themselves with passports before setting out 
on a trip to Europe. They are obtainable from 
the State Department, Washington, D.C., direct, 
or through any of the U. S. Commissioners 
located in the larger cities of the country. 

A visa, or official verification, by the nearest 
French consul will be a finishing touch, not indis- 
pensable, but of no mean value. 

In the European countries passports are not 
required (except in Russia and Turkey), but as a 
means of identification in case of an emergency or 
accident, they wnll prove invaluable. 

Certain museums, monuments and public and 
private galleries, otherwise closed on certain daj^s, 
will yield admittance to the opcjt sesame of a pass- 
port. 

The New York Herald, of Paris, Avenue de 
rOpera, opposite the U. S. Consulate, cables 
every day to New York all the names of Amer- 
icans who arrived and registered at the office that 
day. As all the leading dailies in the U. S. 
copy this list, you will not neglect to notify your 
friends of your safe arrival in this quick and gra- 
tuitous way. 

The American Consulate in Paris is located 
36 Avenue de I'Opera. 

The consul is not supposed to be at your beck 
and call, whenever you think that a cabby or 
waiter overcharges you. In serious trouble, how- 
ever, you should certainly summon him to protect 
you from injustice. 

Remember that when traveling in foreign coun- 
tries one must abide by the law of the land, and 
neither consul nor ambassador can prevent the 
punishment of a transgressor. 

175 



VII.— THE 

PARIS UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL 
EXPOSITION OF 1900 

This, the fifth Exposition of the kind to be held 
in the French Capital in 1900, will open April 15th 
and close Nov. 5th. 

Twenty million dollars were raised in advance 
to build and run this gigantic Exhibition. It will 
occupy the whole of the grounds devoted to the 
same purpose in 1889; and, in addition, two new 
permanent stone Palaces, erected on the Champs- 
Elysees, in place of the Palais de I'lndustrie, 
recently razed. Included in the total area of 336 
acres (the Columbian World's Fair covered 750 
acres) is the wide Esplanade in front of the Palais 
des Invalides, wherein rest the ashes of Napoleon I. 
Americans who have a vivid' recollection of the 
beauty and grandeur displayed at the Columbian 
Exhibition of 1893, will be able to make a fair 
comparison and to accord the French people all 
the praise which the enterprise deserves. 

The leading officials are: 

President: The Minister of Commerce, Indus- 
try, Post and Telegraph (for the time 
being). 

Coimnissio7ier General, in charge of everything: 
M. Alfred Picard, Vice-President of the 
Council of State. 

Director of Exploit atio7i: M. Delaunay-Belle- 
ville, former President of the Paris Chamber 
of Commerce. 

All the important countries in the world (the 
Argentine Republic excepted) have sent commis- 
sioners to represent them. For the United States' 
display the sum of $1,210,000 has been voted by 

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PARIS EXPOSITION OF 19OO 



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Ferd W. Peck. 

Congress, $2 50, 000 of which is to be applied to 
special buildings; over 210,000 sq. ft. of space have 
been secured. 

For representatives of the American Govern- 
ment, President McKinley made the following 
appointments: 

Hon. Fe7'd. W. Peck {of Chicago), Commis- 
sioner-General. 
Prof. B. D. Woodward {of New York), Asst. 

Com. Gen. 
Maj. Fred. Brackett {of Washmgton, D. C), 
Secretary. 

The Commissioner-General in turn appointed 
eleven Directors for the various departments, 
placing at the head : 

Hon. F. J. V. Skiff, as Director-in-Chief of Ex- 
hibits, and 
Paul Blackmar, as Director of Affairs. 



Offices of the United States Commission. 

In Chicago (Head Office), Auditorium Building. 

In New York, Equitable Building. 

In Paris, No. 20 Avenue Rapp, two blocks from 
the Administration Building. 



PERSONAL CASH ACCOUNT 



DOLLARS CENTS 



PERSONAL CASH ACCOUNT 



DOLLARS CENTS 



VISITS TO THE EXPOSITION 

AND OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST 



VISITS TO THE EXPOSITION 

AND OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST 



MEMORANDA TO CIPHER CODE 

SEE PAGE 170 



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